Title: absence
Characters/Pairings: Sully, Kjelle
Summary: Sully saw less and less of the children these days.
…
…
…
…
Sully slowly made her way up the winding, stone staircase. It was strange to not hear the usual accompanying clank, but for once she wasn't on guard duty and there was no need to always be prepared for battle. That was what peace meant, after all. Still, she missed the heavy armour that had been a second skin.
A light breeze wafted down to her. Looking up, she spotted a small opening in the parapets. Good, that meant she was getting close to the top. This tower had the best view of sunrise and it had been too long since Sully had last stood there. Hurrying her pace, she ran up the stairs until she finally emerged from the exit and onto the balcony.
All of Ylisstol spread out before her. Small fires here and there sent up dark clouds of smoke, the earliest workers getting up and setting up shop. A patrol walked along the street below her. Even now, they still needed guards manning the key points of the city. Peace never lasted forever. They had learned that all too well.
Sully glanced behind her, into the castle's courtyards and sparring grounds. Kjelle stood in one of them, her spear in hand. She raised her arm, taking a step back, before hurling the weapon at the target in front of her. As usual, her aim was true and she struck the straw effigy right in its chest.
"Ha." Sully guffawed, amused. Her daughter clearly took after her. There was always time to practice, to improve. The other children could learn a thing or two from her.
Actually. Thinking it over now, Sully quickly scanned the castle grounds once more. Back when they were on the warpath, the children were always alert. Whether is was their turn to guard or not, it was not an unusual sight to find one or more of them tending the fire and watching out for Risen.
A by-product of their childhood, no doubt. A lifetime spent at the edge of war was something that would take more than a few reassurances to get over.
It was precisely for that reason Sully found it odd that she could only find Kjelle right now. Now that she thought of it, she had been seeing less and less of the time-travellers. Before, Sully had chalked it up as her imagination; they had all changed duties after all.
Now, though, she wasn't so sure.