#the number of axes that fabin broke and emilia had to hide when they were living in kiltide...lmao

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sunday scene

been thinking about fabin and his dreams that he totally doesn't have so here's an emilia pov scene from witch of the west.

the raedoran cycle

Emilia wakes to the strangely familiar sound of an axe splitting wood. She lifts her head, enjoying the scent of wild cherry brought in by the morning breeze, and tries to place where the sound is coming from. She doesn't see anything in front of the cottage, so she stands, rolling her shoulders, and walks around to the back.

Fabin is in his human form, his pale, scarred arms bare in the dawn light as he hacks away at an entire tree, moss and dirt still clinging to its roots. Emilia picks her way carefully around its branches, laying splayed out in the field behind the cottage with a clear flattened path leading back to the forest, and squints at Fabin. "You're up early again."

He doesn't answer, in Raedoran or Draconic, his axe swinging more wildly. Bark and twigs litter the ground at his feet. The stump falls off the bottom of the tree, crashing loudly into the grass. Emilia wonders if he's going to wake the humans, then remembers their poor hearing. Fabin moves down the trunk of the tree and starts hacking again.

"Having strange dreams?"

He growls, baring his teeth, and answers in Draconic: "I don't have dreams."

She watches him attack the tree for a while longer. She yawns, stretching her wings in the warm morning air. "You have fun with your tree. I'm going to go catch something for breakfast."

"Birdie's making eggs," Fabin says, as she turns to leave.

Emilia turns back, her head tilting teasingly. "You've already spoken to her this morning?"

His shoulders tighten and he slams the axe into the tree so hard the head breaks off. "She happened to be awake at the same time as me," he snarls, stomping back towards the house with the broken axe. Emilia laughs and turns back towards the forest.

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