[se] we come in waves

the lullaby

It hurts more than he ever might have expected to see her shying away from him, and though he more than understands her reaction, it's with his stomach recoiling as if preparing to vomit that Remi pulls his hand away. Nodding to himself and doing his best to ignore the way his blood is hammering in his ears, the Lullaby inspects his ghostly hand for a moment as it edges toward the sand where it tries to draw a heart.

"It is done," He agrees, allowing his index finger to draw only half of the symbol before he clenches it into a fist before forcing his hand to relax. "And while I do not remember, I..." Frowning down at the sand, Remi gives his head a hopeless little shake. "..I...know." Glancing up at Isla to see what, if any of it, was making sense, Remi sighs and closes his eyes.

"If you stay I can explain it to you, but...I am done making you do things just for my own benefit." Please stay, sings out of every fibre of his being, though against it the Lullaby merely feathers his jaw and stares resolutely at the sand even as tears well in his eyes. Behind his salty-heavy curls perhaps Isla won't see and he owes her more than tugging at her heartstrings by crying to get her to stay if it isn't what she wants.

You trace my lines, stirring my soul
shoot sparks at the heart of the world
& I watch it explode

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!