alone together. medan pondered that phrase. it was all two people could ever be to each other, he supposed. alone. together. for the dreams and secrets of our heart may be spoken, but words are poor handmaidens. words can never fully say what we want them to say, for they fumble, stammer, and break the best porcelain. the best one can hope for is to find along the way somoene to share the path, content to walk in silence, for the heart communes best when it does not try to speak.

-dragons of a lost star-