Eager to listen to her sister's lessons, K'mih stood up from the rock she'd been sitting on. For now, she limited herself to watch the other two Miqo'tes, hoping to learn something valuable from them before trying it herself. It wouldn't be the first time she used a bow, but her skills were close to non existent and she feared to perform very badly.
("Try not to shoot your father.")
There was a painful twitch in K'mih's stomach at the mention of K'yohko. Confused eyes opened wider, hands traveling up near her chest as she looked in the direction K'ile's arrow was pointing at. Was her father nearby? Could he have heard what shouldn't be pronounced again...?
It was then that she started noticing a strange sound accompanied by a growing temblor under their feet. The now feared K'yohko's voice had just registered in her mind when the sands seemed to implode right next to them, making K'mih clumsily fall back onto the ground.
"Ah!"
For one, two seconds, her eyes remained shut from the fall and the first wave of sand, arms in front of her head to protect herself. Shock filled her features when she finally rose her gaze, just to meet with a monstrous figure towering over them, so enormous to K'mih's perception that she could have sworn that the creature's shadow was covering the sun itself. Traumatic images from her adulthood trial reappeared in her mind, albeit this time she happened to be completely unarmed, unable to have predicted that the daily training would meet such an outcome.
"K'ile!" She helplessly shouted when the worm managed to grab the Tia and toss him away with no effort. One of his arrows landed somewhere near her; using the chance that she was already on the ground, K'mih threw herself towards it and grabbed it as fast as possible. Perhaps there wasn't much she could do with such a petite edge, but she wanted to have claws in case of being grabbed as well.
Her wide open eyes travelled then around the scene. To K'ile who ran towards the giant worm with surprising and outstanding courage. To the monster which turned its head, furious, towards her father. Her lips parted widely as if they wanted to shout a name, but no voice came out of them. Instead, it was the sound of a deadly arrow impacting inside the monster's throat.
("Try not to shoot your father.")
There was a painful twitch in K'mih's stomach at the mention of K'yohko. Confused eyes opened wider, hands traveling up near her chest as she looked in the direction K'ile's arrow was pointing at. Was her father nearby? Could he have heard what shouldn't be pronounced again...?
It was then that she started noticing a strange sound accompanied by a growing temblor under their feet. The now feared K'yohko's voice had just registered in her mind when the sands seemed to implode right next to them, making K'mih clumsily fall back onto the ground.
"Ah!"
For one, two seconds, her eyes remained shut from the fall and the first wave of sand, arms in front of her head to protect herself. Shock filled her features when she finally rose her gaze, just to meet with a monstrous figure towering over them, so enormous to K'mih's perception that she could have sworn that the creature's shadow was covering the sun itself. Traumatic images from her adulthood trial reappeared in her mind, albeit this time she happened to be completely unarmed, unable to have predicted that the daily training would meet such an outcome.
"K'ile!" She helplessly shouted when the worm managed to grab the Tia and toss him away with no effort. One of his arrows landed somewhere near her; using the chance that she was already on the ground, K'mih threw herself towards it and grabbed it as fast as possible. Perhaps there wasn't much she could do with such a petite edge, but she wanted to have claws in case of being grabbed as well.
Her wide open eyes travelled then around the scene. To K'ile who ran towards the giant worm with surprising and outstanding courage. To the monster which turned its head, furious, towards her father. Her lips parted widely as if they wanted to shout a name, but no voice came out of them. Instead, it was the sound of a deadly arrow impacting inside the monster's throat.
Clover Blake (Hyur) /Â K'mih Yohko (Miqo'te)