The hours went uncounted while Devon's entire world was narrowed to the work scene.
He'd recognized his brother immediately, because even a long time ago Dracon had already been an adult in his eyes. At first, the sight had shot into his mind like a tornado on full, carrying dusty voices and bits of debris that he could vaguely identify. While standing behind the side of a nearby tent, concealed, watching intensely, he kept at a distance far enough to observe without being noticed, but close enough to fix his eyes on every single movement made, no matter how slight or seemingly insignificant. He stood with his shoulders tensed in an almost hunch, leaned forward, as if his body was physically compelled to move in even further - but he refrained from the urge. The longer he did so, the harder the debris in his mind kicked up, carrying pieces of memory, chunks of misplaced fondness, splinters of childhood times that could never be fully remembered.
It briefly flickered across his consciousness whether Dracon would know who he was on sight. Part of him asserted that it didn't matter. The other part dissented. Although, he didn't examine himself hard enough to find out why it didn't feel right that his brother might have forgotten his face. Ultimately, it was of no consequence one way or the other. By the time he was done there, Dracon would know who he was, regardless. Such was Devon's determination of this thought, that the Carnival and all the other people in it could have exploded out of existence, and he wouldn't have cared to notice that at all.
When Dracon appeared to finish whatever work he was doing and finally walked away, Devon mirrored the move without missing a second. He followed a short distance behind the other, but more to the side, almost parallel to him, his feet traversing the flattened grass in the deceptively quiet manner of someone who had once felt a great affinity for the ground. In the vessel of his churning mind, he might not have decided what his next move was going to be just yet, but he wasn't going to let his brother slip out of his sight again.