"Wyrdmarks," she repeated "The Fae use those sometimes. Though most are banned because of the destruction they cause. My teacher used to teach me some of the ancient ones, the fun ones." She grinned at the though and started to draw one in the sand "she taught me that if used with good intentions and precision, any Mark can be used beneficially. The one moment violence enters your subconsciousness, your world is destroyed."
Drake nodded a little, "That's true. When you start mixing Wyrdmarks with Drellenic-marks all Hell brakes loose," He blew a breath of blue flame, taking a form of some symbol one would only recognise of they studied his first tongue, and the most complicated he knew.
She glanced at the market and reached out to touch it "what does that one do?" She watched as the fire moved and waved around f the mark, encircling it and dancing around
Drake smiled softly, "It doesn't do anything, really… it's supposed to bring good luck and wishes…" He sighed a little, "It's pronounced, killgara."
"Killgara" she whispered, repeating it in her mind, rolling the name around her tongue "it sounds cool, magical." she nodded and grinned "What else is there?" she asked
He blew out another breath, this design was more intricate then the other by a mile. Circles and diamonds connected by other waving patterns, "Ler uria hryd cre unst kai yuri jura cre. Lorenya hun grya cre verendi."
She watched as the next design appeared, drawing out in the sand as best she could. Listening as the ancient words rolled off Drakes tounge "what does that mean?" She asked softly, wanting to here more
"'Let love lead you and the stars guide you. Lorenya will take you home.'" He replied quietly, keeping his eyes on the symbol.
"that's beautiful," she smiled softly "Lorenya, sounds familiar." She tried to think back to who she was but could not figure it out
“She’s the guardian of my kin. Supposedly the first of us,” Drake said quietly, watching as the symbol disappeared and flickered out, “She’s in many stories and songs…”
"can you sing one?" She asked softly "I miss it when you sing…" She glanced down at the ground, reminding herself once more that it was her fault that he didn't sing anymore
He was quiet for a few moments before he nodded a little. He opened his mouth before the ancient words of his language cane rolling off his tongue gracefully.
Val closed her eyes in content and sighed softly. Listening as his words surrounded her, she though of all the things she had done, all the suffering she had put herself and Drake through, all that which could have been avoided.
Drake emerged himself into the song, closing his eyes and recounting word after word. A few symbols appeared in front of him while he sang, but they were gone as soon as they appeared.
Val watched with a smile as Drake sang, swaying back and forth to the melody. She glanced up as the symbols appeared and dissapeared, reaching up to touch them
Soon enough, Drake finished the song, opening his eyes softly as the last symbol disappeared in front of him. He smiled a little.
Val had shifted into a wolf and had fallen asleep to the sweet song. The fading blue of the fire in the symbol illuminating her fur with a soft light
Drake sighed softly and shifted into his dragon, wrapping a wing around Val before he fell asleep a moment later.
She curled up closer to him and continued to to sleep. At one point her fur bristled from a bad dream. She started to get cold sweats and wimoer in her sleep
Drake blinked his large eyes open blearily as he heard the whimpers. He nuzzled her gently, a rumbling, calming noise coming from him in an attempt to calm her.
Her breathing evened out after a bit, her racing heartbeat calming. Shifting back to normal in her sleep, she looked worse then when in her wolf form, hair tangled and matted from shifting and turning, her nightgown clung to her skin from the cold sweats.
Drake kept up his calming rumble, not going to be able to sleep untill he knew she’d be okay.
She choked on a sob but finally calmed down, her breathing was deep and she stopped having cold sweats
Drake released a breath through his nose, the rumble quieting down but not quite ceasing as he closed his eyes.
She sighed in relief And slept peacefully the rest of the night
Drake fell into a light sleep after that, only deepening it when dawn came.
Cool water touched her bare feet, Vak squirmed awake, pulling her bare feet away from the water and opening her eyes. Above her, light filtered through Drake's wing webbing, creating a green haze. Val reached up and brushed a gentle hand along the veins of the wing, careful not to wake him. "Thank you, my king," she whispered, she glanced back up at the sun and sighed
Drake seemed to rumble a reply in his sleep, almost like a cats purr which was a very rare thing indeed. If he had done that while he was awake, he could have denied it until his last breath.
Val laughed softly and shook her head "you have an inner cat too hm?" She crawled out from under his wing and brushed the sand off her dress. "I'll leave you to sleep." She headed for the back doors of the castle to get dressed
It was about an hour or so until Drake fi ally woke, blinking his eyes open hazily. He checked under his wing for Val only to find her not there and freak out just the finest bit. He quickly flew up to the castle, shifting back into a human as he landed and went to find her and make sure she was okay.