[SWE] Festival of Lights - 318 PC

the lullaby

"L'ho aiutata a resuscitare dalla morte. Cosa hai fatto per lei ultimamente?" Remi snaps in response, the words slithering from his lips before he can call them back. As his son stalks off, quite right that the Bastion wouldn't have been the first to do so, Remi is left looking all the more the fool for the crumpled cup he holds and the heat roaring across his cheeks. Likely they're both equally as wrong as they are right, and no doubt in Mateo's mind the tie goes to the child, but gods if Remi just doesn't have it in him to try and explain any better than he already had.

At the end of the day Flora wasn't dead, and if Mateo wanted to hate him for how he'd handled things in the days after they'd all come back, Remi was inclined to let him.

Eventually forcing his feet to move, Remi stalks past Vesper and Jack on his way back to Ronin. No doubt the Knight will be able to feel the prickle of the Bastion's thoughts long before he sees him approach, such that the sour set to Remi's lips won't come as much of a surprise. "Once again, we are terrible parents for having not reached out to Mateo." He huffs quietly, reaching for the Knight and all but fitting himself against the other man before resting his forehead on Ronin's shoulder.

i collect scars because I want proof
I've paid for the sins I've committed

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!