A/N: Written for the
Call it Heads or Tails Challenge, 2a.2 (heads) – write in first person present tense
Diversity Writing Challenge, a49 - drabble between 151-200 words
Kai, my Son
This child's name is Kai.
Perhaps I should name the next one Danzi, or perhaps I should leave the past alone.
Jun does not complain. Though he has family he might like to honour as well. Family like the family that's so far away from my heart. I see them, still. Visit at least once a year and sometimes more when his sales, our travels, bring us close. But I didn't know them for too long.
Not like Danzi. Not like Kai.
Sometimes, I wonder if I should not have stayed. I love them too much. Miss them too much.
But I still remember that vision: my final, clear vision. And the echoes of voices I'll never hear again.
I've chosen long ago. Left it all behind, save the two dragon scales and the shard of Kai's dragon egg. Chosen this human life I'd hoped for all along, in dreams long ago.
And now, that past as a Dragonkeeper is long ago as well. Kai – the dragon… No, now is Kai my – our – son, and Jun, and me and this little house of ours that lies empty many months in between, waiting for us to come…home.