Evie
In your arms I understand all at once
That my life has been building me up to us
Evie knows there's not much longer until she quite literally pops, but nothing will keep her from the Festival of Lights. Certainly not this year. Deimos flies the two of them not only for an easier flight for Evie but because the waterways are in a less than ideal skyboat path. She preserves her strength as much as she can, holding tight to her lanterns in their cloth bag. That my life has been building me up to us
She has to hold onto Deimos' elbow most of the way, but every step is determined. The odds may not be in her favor to reunite with Sam tonight, but with the birth of her first child so close at hand, she needs to complete this journey to feel like he's at her side at this monumental change in the trajectory of her life. With the weight of memories so heavy on her shoulders and the minimal energy she is already operating on, Deimos' quiet concern is not unwarranted.
Turning, Evie smiles up at him in a way that is both stubborn and reassuring. "I'm okay. Tired, but I'll make it." She's sure of it. And though she can only hang the lanterns on lower branches given her belly, they go up one by one until only the familial ones remain; her parents' combined lantern, and Samuel's. Then she reaches behind herself to find her husband's hand, and simply stares at Sam's lantern unblinkingly, letting it temporarily fill the hole he'd left behind and finding some small comfort in the way it lights up from within.
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Evie places a lantern for Sam (and her parents).
In your hands I am mine, you take me to myself
The tenses I knew now they bring me to you
The tenses I knew now they bring me to you
