the big breath; action
[ stalking and shadowing is busywork, and it keeps Alex busy. Splendor is a big place, and it keeps being big and not completely explored.
one stranger loses their Alex-shaped shadow at the line where trees shift from temperate to tropic and the air gets salty. there are reasons, but it probably looks just like a sudden case of Batshit Crazy: he tilts his head up and considers a moment, then bolts. no apologies to those he nearly mows over, unfortunately.
montage, montage, the introspective things none are privy to, etc. it all stops when he does, feet planted in the sand facing the ocean, panting.
he's not smiling.]
one stranger loses their Alex-shaped shadow at the line where trees shift from temperate to tropic and the air gets salty. there are reasons, but it probably looks just like a sudden case of Batshit Crazy: he tilts his head up and considers a moment, then bolts. no apologies to those he nearly mows over, unfortunately.
montage, montage, the introspective things none are privy to, etc. it all stops when he does, feet planted in the sand facing the ocean, panting.
he's not smiling.]