The Slumbering Spirits

by reminiscent-afterthought

These are the five spirits the children picked up. And even as they slumbered, they existed, and they called.

4. Wind

A/N: Written for

Diversity Writing Challenge, a58 – drabble collection with 5 times 100 word drabbles
Ultimate Sleuth Challenge, C2 – Shinjuku (area) – Roll between one and six die. That's how many drabbles, ficlets, chapters, etc have to be in your story. (roll = 5)

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The Slumbering Spirits
4. Wind

Wind was free. Like the air they breathed, intangible and uncatchable. Could be blocked by four walls and a floor and a roof but it would howl outside in rage or slip through the cracks. Wind was free, like the whispers it carried, that others tried to hide, or the footsteps creeping up or the strikes whistling past their ears. Wind was a cutlass when angry, a caress when placate, and the carrier of words and winds and secrets and forewarnings. And wind was free. Able to slip through the bars of a cage or the keyhole on a lock.