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PEARL IN THE SAND
THE GAME BOARD.
❛ i will make you proud. ❜﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏
WATER GARDENS, DORNE.
"You've gotten better, little brother," Obara Sand stood tall over the crumpled form of her half-brother, who had been pinned to the ground under her massive foot and the point of her spear, aimed at his neck, where he was vulnerable, her chest rising and falling, with the clear proof of the effort it took to manoeuvre the younger boy to the ground during their spar.
Her smug smile widened at the sight of the boy, covered in a similar state as her, dirt and a thin layer of sweat beginning to stain the pale training tunics they both wore over their brown breeches in the sweltering heat of their land, chest rising and falling with exertion, his eyes staring back up at her. Still, unlike the dark smouldering eyes she shared with their father, his were a sparkling, ocean blue, akin to the refreshing pools here in the Water Gardens.
Elio huffed, letting his head fall back down as he dropped his choice weapon for this spar, a pair of sai (a three pronged weapon he'd bought from a YiTish merchant at a bazaar by chance a couple of years ago) taking a moment to catch his breath and recover from his defeat. "You cheated." Elio murmured sourly, eyes narrowed upon her triumph. "If Nym hadn't tripped me with her whip at my ankle, I would not have fallen so easily."
Obara and Nymeria shared smug grins, mischief swimming in their eyes and dancing along their expressions as they came together, standing before him as Elio moved to sit up from his spot lying on the training grounds.
"Perhaps," Obara smirked, with a dismissive wave of her hand, as she twirled the spear around in circles in her other hand, before letting the butt of it press firmly back into the ground beside her. "Or maybe I would have pinned you down regardless of Nymeria's meddling."
Tyene smiled as she moved over and offered a deceptively dainty hand to Elio, which he took, and helped him back up. "No use pouting now, little brother. Let bygones flow along down the river." Tyene said sweetly, but there was a distinct glint to her eye that silently promised she would take great pleasure in seeing whatever schemes he had in store for the two eldest of the Sand Snake Siblings.
They made their own way back to the water pools where the others lounged around (or played in, in the case of the youngest children). Elio sighed in mock resignation, "Will I ever match or best you, sweet sisters? Or shall I forever lie in the sands?"
Tyene giggled and Nymeria snorted before breaking out into snickers amongst themselves, before shortly flocking away to Arianne, who had just come out from speaking with her father. Obara rolled her eyes at their twittering and at Elio's dramatics.
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