[Despite Set’s confident unconcern, Liem cannot help but grit his teeth as the god strides along the branch toward their destination, making the limb dip and creak as it gradually thins beneath them. Only his rather unique physiology prevents his heart from hammering wildly against his ribs while they maintain their precarious perch. His lungs still feel suddenly tight, his breaths gone quick and shallow. Though his expression remains steadfastly impassive, his grip on the other man does not become any less bruising.
The view is gorgeous, of course. Unfortunately, his wire-taut nerves continue to demand most of his attention.]
I’ve never been anywhere like it, [he concedes carefully. Taldor’s forests were quite unlike this dark and magical place, so rife with mystery and danger. Even the Verduran Forest, which dominated much of the country’s north and was home to all kinds of magical fey and monstrous creatures, was not so strange and lovely and wild as the Beyond.
The descent back to the ground is worse than the way up. A strangled noise forces its way past Liem’s teeth as they drop, and the landing shudders through every single one of his nerves; somehow, even his trip over Alenroux on Quetz’s flying lizard had been less harrowing than this. If any hint of colour had tinted Liem’s face when Set first seized him, it has fled entirely, leaving him looking perhaps even more pale and grey than usual.]
You can release me now, [he mutters, forcing his own muscles to unclench so he can peel himself off of the other man. Now that he’s been shot full of adrenaline, he wants his feet on the ground so he can burn off his jitters. Thanks to their little jaunt up the tree, he feels like he could probably run the entire rest of the way to their destination.]
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The view is gorgeous, of course. Unfortunately, his wire-taut nerves continue to demand most of his attention.]
I’ve never been anywhere like it, [he concedes carefully. Taldor’s forests were quite unlike this dark and magical place, so rife with mystery and danger. Even the Verduran Forest, which dominated much of the country’s north and was home to all kinds of magical fey and monstrous creatures, was not so strange and lovely and wild as the Beyond.
The descent back to the ground is worse than the way up. A strangled noise forces its way past Liem’s teeth as they drop, and the landing shudders through every single one of his nerves; somehow, even his trip over Alenroux on Quetz’s flying lizard had been less harrowing than this. If any hint of colour had tinted Liem’s face when Set first seized him, it has fled entirely, leaving him looking perhaps even more pale and grey than usual.]
You can release me now, [he mutters, forcing his own muscles to unclench so he can peel himself off of the other man. Now that he’s been shot full of adrenaline, he wants his feet on the ground so he can burn off his jitters. Thanks to their little jaunt up the tree, he feels like he could probably run the entire rest of the way to their destination.]