Kitami

Kitami; the small, quiet village that I call home lays silently below by the ocean side. Draped in the morning sunlight, I can see the top of our cottage just outside the village. Harumi sat on my arm looking back at me, with eyes knowing this was the last time we would see our little home. I smiled back at him as he ruffled his feathers and let a soft hoot. I extended my arm as he took flight and began following him away from Kitami for the final time. It's been six mouths since I left the Hana cottage. There are times I miss home, but the excitement of what lays ahead often occupies my thoughts. I knew the world was bigger than the only one that I knew, but only now can I appreciate just how big it really is. Since leaving the Floenry Islands, I've encountered great plains and many lakes and forests. Soon I will travel through a desert, I'm told there are these strange owls that burrow underground that are slightly smaller than Harumi.