❰ in exchange for the fruit, lalli reaches into a tunic pocket to draw out a compass. he hands it to onni, insistently if onni seems to hesitate. ❱
Always points to Honir, ❰ he says, leaving off the common sense 'this is in case you get lost in these strange, magical woods'. then, incrementally more stern, ❱ I want it back.
❰ then comes the request to check in - but before lalli has time to respond, onni's leaning in to wrap him up in an embrace. lalli doesn't hug back, but he does let his forehead drop down onto onni's shoulder for the duration of the hug and that'll have to be good enough for now.
and then onni lets go, and lalli sinks back into his spot against the tree. ❱
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Always points to Honir, ❰ he says, leaving off the common sense 'this is in case you get lost in these strange, magical woods'. then, incrementally more stern, ❱ I want it back.
❰ then comes the request to check in - but before lalli has time to respond, onni's leaning in to wrap him up in an embrace. lalli doesn't hug back, but he does let his forehead drop down onto onni's shoulder for the duration of the hug and that'll have to be good enough for now.
and then onni lets go, and lalli sinks back into his spot against the tree. ❱