ā° prompt įµį¶į¶įµįµįµā±āæįµ ? @outrdark : 89ļ¹ sender yells at receiver to put their hands in the air.
i. .. the air doesn't break at her shout, but tightens instead. āā there's something of a sinew-drawn stillness tied taunt between these two trembling points of will. SOMEWHERE IN THE TREES, EVEN A BIRD FORGETS TO SING. he turns then, like a dial calibrating thread, like a decades dusted instrument. the barrel lowers first. not in defeat, not in compliance, but perhaps simply . . . courtesy. indulgence. then obeys, his hands following. a performance pared down to nothing more than muscle memory and disciplines. palms half open, empty. there is no urgency in him. no rattle nor fear. just lethal amusements humming under charred skins, the kind that wolves often have when they sense snares but step into them. his shoulders stay square-like, chin slightly titled. SUBMISSION / CALCULATION ? PERHAPS THEY'RE THE SAME. āā .. careful, deputy. āā a pause, watches the tremor in her trigger, the way a botanist studies their petals. the silence that follows is not empty, it is watching her. he might even feel the trees lean in. waiting for the tremor or micro hesitations alike. āā finger's heavier than you think. āā
