- =BiE 81=
- >Year 1157 in Equestria.
- >The sun was beating down on your face as you slept.
- >Or at least, it was trying to.
- >Hard to get through the window when there's a corkboard covering it.
- >Hah. Screw you Celestia.
- >You threw your feet off the edge of the bed and stretched, releasing several pops throughout the room.
- >You stood and started your walk to the kitchen.
- >The rest of your apartment was dressed in similar lighting to your room, with thick sheets covering the windows and only allowing slits of light in.
- >What can you say? You were not a morning person.
- >You poured yourself some cereal and threw your coffee into the contraption Anon had rigged up for you on your last birthday.
- >Your eyes scanned the living room.
- >He should be out by now...
- >"BOY! BREAKFAST!"
- >You heard a body hit the floor from some height.
- >The door adjacent yours opens. "Dad?"
- >"Food."
- >A small hybrid of bird and lion walked out of the shadows closer to you. "Dad, it's too early."
- >"School is in an hour, Eitri."
- >Eitri groans. "Dad, it's summer!"
- >What?
- >"Huh?"
- >You walk over to the window and throw the sheet back.
- >Sure enough. Your neighbors all had their windows open, many had laundry drying outside.
- >"How the fuck long has it been summer!?"
- >"About a month..." Eitri said.
- >Fucking old age.
- >You heard a yawn over your shoulder. "I'm going back to bed..."
- >Oh hell naw.
- >"Hold up there, poozer. When I was a kid we didn't get to sleep till noon until the last week of June."
- Liar.
- >Shut it.
- >You point to his room.
- >"Wash up, come out, and eat. We'll figure out something to do."
- >Eitri groans again. "Daaaaad..."
- >"Now."
- >Eitri grunts and heads back into his room.
- >You don't know what your mom was so on about, parenting is easy.
- >You and Eitri sat at the table eating your breakfast.
- >He was munching down on some bacon you had grilled up for him.
- >It was nice to hear him calling you dad on instinct now.
- >It had been...five years since you took him in?
- >You still remember when you met him.
- >He had stolen some fruit or something and hidden behind you when the guards chased him.
- >Shit, but had he looked scared.
- >Luckily, you were you. A simple "He's with me." was enough to scare the guards off.
- >After taking him away and getting a meal in him, he had relented and stayed with you for the night, saying that he would be gone in the morning.
- >A day turned to a week turned to a month turned to you sending him to school.
- >Fucked if your Griffin kid was gonna be a moron.
- >Eitri sat silently stabbing his bacon with a fork.
- >"Eat it. I don't want you passing out when you do stuff today."
- >Eitri glanced up at you. "Dad, do I have a mom?"
- >Damn.
- >"Every living thing has a mom, Eitri."
- >He puts down his fork and glares at you. "You know what I mean."
- >You sigh and lean back.
- >"You mean a mare who lives with me."
- >Eitri crosses his arms and nods.
- >...Fuck.
- >"I guess you had one a long time ago...but she died."
- >Eitri swallows some bacon. "How long ago?"
- >Your eyes meet his. "Very long."
- >He seems to understand that he won't be getting an answer and goes back to his meal.
- >"What was she like?" He asked.
- >Shit, you weren't planning on a trip down memory lane.
- >"She was...the best."
- >"She was fiery, and smart, and kind...you'd have liked her."
- >You look up and see Eitri smiling. "And she'd have liked you too."
- >Eitri smiles as he eats his breakfast.
- >"You wanna go see her?"
- >Eitri's eyes snap up to you. "We can do that?"
- >"Yeah, had her buried in the royal gardens. We can see her any time.
- >Eitri twiddles his talons a bit. "That could be cool."
- >Atta boy.
- >The two of you headed out after breakfast.
- >Eitri complained about your ladder, why you installed it.
- >Screw off, kid. We don't get robbed because of that ladder.
- >You made your way to the castle and walked in a beeline to the gardens.
- >There in the back was a small headstone with the words "Lived: 978-1084" carved on it.
- >At the foot of the headstone rested a small pool of water, inside of which was a single lotus flower.
- >Eitri walked up to the headstone and looked around it. "There's no name."
- >You chuckle as you sit down.
- Hey pretty pony...
- >"Her name was Lotus."
- >He dips his talon in the water. "Has that been here the whole time?"
- >"I change it once a week."
- >Eitri walked back over to you. "How long did you know her?"
- >"Eighty-three years."
- >Eitri's eyes widen at the number. "Was she your wife?"
- >"For a little while... she died right after we were married."
- >You hold up your bracelet arm.
- >"I got her a matching one of these for her neck."
- >"What happened to it?"
- >You point at the grave.
- >"She still has it."
- >Eitri is quiet for a little while.
- >"Dad, how old are you?"
- >...FUCK.
- >"Old, kid."
- >"Eitri walks in front of you. "No Dad. I want to know. How old exactly are you?"
- >You can see from the look in his eye that Eitri isn't going to back down from this.
- >"Dammit..." You sigh out.
- >You lean back a bit and start counting.
- >"I am...One thousand one hundred and eighty three years old."
- >Eitri is left speechless. You had told him that you were one of the oldest things he'd ever see and why, but no specifics.
- >Eitri just looks at the grave. "Must be nice..."
- >"It has its ups and downs..."
- >"And Uncle Anon has been with you the entire time?"
- >"That and more, poozer."
- >"What's it like, dad?"
- >Oh here we go...
- >"It's...life."
- >"It's rough sometimes. It's great sometimes. I have my good days and my bad."
- >You reach out and ruffle the feathers on his head.
- >"But I'm dealing."
- >"And you don't get sad because mom isn't around?"
- >Mom?
- >Heh. This kid.
- >"Can't be sad. Gotta look out for you, poozer."
- >Eitri swings his talons at you as you continue to ruffle his head. "So all you do is look out for p0nies?"
- >"Gotta do something to keep from going crazy."
- >"Who?"
- >"Oh you know. You, Uncle Anon, the entire city if I'm feeling like it.
- >"Everyone?" Eitri asks.
- >"Every last one."
- >Eitri and you sit there for a while.
- >"Thanks for bringing me out here, dad." He says.
- >"No problem, kid. I always like to come here."
- >Eitri has a smile on his beak.
- >"Wanna go have some fun?"
- >Now that smile is twice its size." "Yeah!"
- >"Wanna go mess with Celestia?"
- >"YEAH!"
- >You ruffle his feathers.
- >"Atta boy."
- >Eitri shoots off into the sky as you prepare to give chase.
- >You pause for a moment and brush your hand along the face of the headstone.
- >"See you in a week, babe."
- >With that, you run out of the garden.
- >She would have loved him...
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