He could feel her tiny fingers digging into the back of his neck, and he had to blink away the tears. His whole body ached with the weight of it all as he talked quickly and quietly to the Fishes. He told them that he would take her to Halo where she would be well cared for, in the memory of her parents. He told them that whatever expense it was to take care of her mother, that he would cover it and more for taking good care of her.
Her tiny voice stirred him and he gestured to Mrs Fish with one hand for the blanket on a shelf behind her. "Your father's home." Noah whispered to the girl, his tone fatherly and laced with support and warmth. The knot in his throat hardened again, and he swallowed. The shop-keep handed over a blanket and Noah wrapped it around Ravenna with one arm. Then he thumbed his compass, and salt-air turned cold and sand to snow.
FIN
Her tiny voice stirred him and he gestured to Mrs Fish with one hand for the blanket on a shelf behind her. "Your father's home." Noah whispered to the girl, his tone fatherly and laced with support and warmth. The knot in his throat hardened again, and he swallowed. The shop-keep handed over a blanket and Noah wrapped it around Ravenna with one arm. Then he thumbed his compass, and salt-air turned cold and sand to snow.
FIN
no one ever tells you that forever feels like home
sitting all alone inside your head
