Whispered upon jilted lover's lips . . .
. . . I come to tell you
Perfect. The shimmer of Mila's yellow-green eyes began to flicker like a flame in the excitement of beholding perfection. Her slender brows were narrowed over her wide eyes. A look of utmost concentration on her face lessened only by the strands of brown hair falling around, and framing her face, giving her the appearance of being younger than she looked. She held aloft her crispy prize between her middle and pointer finger, and moved it so that she could look into its ridges at different angles through the fluorescent lighting. Yes, this was true mastery held within her hands.
Through the ridges on her fingertips she could feel each of the little grains of salt coating the outer layer of the gods. Never before had she seen, smelt or dared to taste one such specimen of divine transcendence. No, comparing it to the only acceptable and average works before was defiling of this beauty. Each groove and ridge that her thumb brushed up against sent clear and pure appreciation to the crafting of such an object into her mind.
Mila drew the prize closer, its unique and overwhelming extravagance made even more apparent by its nearing. She gazed at its perfect textures and sent a little plea for resistance to its temptations to the heavens. So fragile and breathtaking in her fingers . . .
CRUNCH!
Mila savored the taste of the potato chip as her taste-buds began to dance in appreciation. Chips, one of the greatest human inventions, were her absolute favorite food. The humans had no idea what sort of achievement they made when they created the potato chip. And then they struck gold when they decided to sell the chips in bags that she could carry around with her to eat at any place.
Right now Mila was content to sit on a wooden bench near the woods of a small town. She knew this place quite well, having been here before and many times over in the few hundred years she's been alive. The slight breeze tousled her hair, sending strands of it onto the hand holding the chip bag as well as all around her face. She stared vacantly over the surrounding area, not caring much that the view had changed frequently. It was all a part of the human life cycle, after all.
They just keep changing and changing.
There is always something new going on in the world. She was swinging her legs back and forth from under her. Being quite short her feet barely brushed against the ground, and so this did nothing to hinder her enjoying the feeling of being fully off the ground at any given moment while sitting. In all her years she had noticed the change in culture, language and knowledge. Humans were always developing, not unlike her own species. But the biggest change she had perceived was the shift in attitude. Chivalry, goodness, genuine heroism. These qualities were getting harder to find, and it fascinated her.
Mila pushed off the bench and stuffed her half-eaten bag of chips into her coat pocket. The wind picked up at the same moment, sending her hair into a wild frenzy of strands that began to resemble tendrils of darkness invading the serene landscape around her. Mila reached up, a frown gracing her lips, and attempted to control her hair.
Of all the days to have lost my hair-tie.
She couldn't explain what, but in this moment that the wind died down Mila felt a change inside of her somewhere. Her eyes lost their sight for the briefest of moments, barely enough for her to register that she had lost it. A shadow cast over her thoughts, making her realize that maybe the humans weren't the only things changing.
There's a change waiting inside all of us . . . Right?
Mood: Introspective, Appreciative of the potato chip gods.
Place: A bench in a small town, near the woods
With Who:Nobody.
Thoughts:There's something in the air.
"Everyone has secrets."