marked me like a bloodstain
"Mom," Flora's tone has reverted back to being a touch petulant as her safety is once again mentioned. Standing on Torchline's shores with her mother's hands smoothing down her curls and the Ark somewhere behind her, the queen feels as though the threat of retribution from the Family is quite far away indeed, even though Starfall is just as visible out on the ocean as Jack's ship is.
But before Flora can argue the finer points of Jack's merit and explain to her mother that unlike the rest of the demigods in their family that lowly mortals like she and Jack had to rely on training and their own cunning to make it through, the queen feels sleep begin to weigh down her limbs. Unlike the suggestion that she up and leave Torchline, the offer of sleep is something the Doubletake's mind readily agrees to, and it's a clever thing that Hotaru has braced an arm around Flora's waist for the hasty way her body immediately submits to her mother's request.
Tumbling silently into a darkness that wholly snuffs out any other thought, Flora slumps bonelessly against the Valkyrie.
But before Flora can argue the finer points of Jack's merit and explain to her mother that unlike the rest of the demigods in their family that lowly mortals like she and Jack had to rely on training and their own cunning to make it through, the queen feels sleep begin to weigh down her limbs. Unlike the suggestion that she up and leave Torchline, the offer of sleep is something the Doubletake's mind readily agrees to, and it's a clever thing that Hotaru has braced an arm around Flora's waist for the hasty way her body immediately submits to her mother's request.
Tumbling silently into a darkness that wholly snuffs out any other thought, Flora slumps bonelessly against the Valkyrie.
