In his arms
The God of the forest exhaled deeply, causing the vines to sway and trees to buckle with the force of it, and Tawhirimatua finally realized just how old his brother had become since the forced separation of Rangi, their sky father, and Papatuanuku their Earth mother, perhaps the miro berries were more medicinal than he'd first thought.
"Kei te tino ngenge ahau taku tuakana." Tane Mahuta admitted softly, "I am so tired my brother, every day my trees strain to keep Rangi and Papa apart, I hear them crying for each other, wanting only to lie in each others embrace, and I keep them apart so these mortals can have a night and day, free to love who they want, be who they want, and yet I have no ti