05-31-2022, 01:02 PM
He could still see her, tinged in flickering red. An ever-shrinking part of him felt her voice as poignantly as he heard it, tinged with something … something new, and he wasn’t sure where to categorize it.
Partly because, uh. That fire hadn’t gone out after all.
“Nisa, I took enough for the tickets,” he breathed out, voice picking up as though he hoped to outpace a fire.
It was not large (yet). It could still be stomped out. Baba’s Quran could still be saved--
Metal glinted. He’d seen this day coming for as long as he’d realized Nisa betrayed their father, and yet all he could muster up in the actual moment was … a disappointed frown. The fire danced.
“You never pulled a knife on me when I was cowardly.”
And then he dashed for the door … but, foolishly, he threw it wide just in case Nisa decided stabbing him to death was more appealing than burning with the house.
Partly because, uh. That fire hadn’t gone out after all.
“Nisa, I took enough for the tickets,” he breathed out, voice picking up as though he hoped to outpace a fire.
It was not large (yet). It could still be stomped out. Baba’s Quran could still be saved--
Metal glinted. He’d seen this day coming for as long as he’d realized Nisa betrayed their father, and yet all he could muster up in the actual moment was … a disappointed frown. The fire danced.
“You never pulled a knife on me when I was cowardly.”
And then he dashed for the door … but, foolishly, he threw it wide just in case Nisa decided stabbing him to death was more appealing than burning with the house.
