12-09-2013, 11:07 PM
Erich can get into this sort of opener. He has the good grace not to outright headbang (well: also, he doesn't have enough hair to do a proper headbang), but he's totally rockin out. Feet stomping, hands clapping, head thumping. Which isn't the same thing as head banging. More shoulder movement. Less... whiplash.
He's with Charlotte, of course. But also: if the Guardians permitted it, if they weren't outright barred from attendance -- he is with Melantha. And Eva.
And! As more and more wolves come, he breaks from his stomping and clapping to grin, to wave. At Avery! At Hector! At Javed and Milton and Ruby and Phoebe; greeting them from up close or afar while the song builds around him, while the feet striking the earth vibrate the ground around him, while he, toward the end, shout-sings the refrain along with whoever else joins in.
He's with Charlotte, of course. But also: if the Guardians permitted it, if they weren't outright barred from attendance -- he is with Melantha. And Eva.
And! As more and more wolves come, he breaks from his stomping and clapping to grin, to wave. At Avery! At Hector! At Javed and Milton and Ruby and Phoebe; greeting them from up close or afar while the song builds around him, while the feet striking the earth vibrate the ground around him, while he, toward the end, shout-sings the refrain along with whoever else joins in.
BECAUSE OF LIGHT AND DUTY AND REASONS.