Theea
“My mom often is stuck in her own darkness. I think she looks at it too much these days.” And I worry for her, all alone now. I hope she finds companionship. I hope she just comes back to the real world one day. “My dad is gone. She’s all alone now.” Guilt wrenches hard in my stomach, and I take a bite of the bread, as if that could ease that feeling. I nod distantly as she hands the back, capping it to return to my bag.
My attention piques at the posture Elizabeth adopts, her expression brightening in recognition. I grin—every person I’ve spoken to knows them, and I can’t help the wriggle of pride inside. My mother had known and loved these people as family. “My mom talks about them all the time. They meant the world to her. She met them back before they came to Caido, before the Voice brought them here.”
I take another generous bite of the bread, and I nod earnestly, and I point in the direction of the skyship port. I swallow down the bite. “Tryna work some odd jobs to earn enough for a skyship ticket,” I say, “and then I’ll make my way to Torchline. I don’t really know how to reach them yet, but I’ll make it happen.” My confidence in it is unshakeable. Regardless of how this turns out, I will at least speak to them. I have to.
My attention piques at the posture Elizabeth adopts, her expression brightening in recognition. I grin—every person I’ve spoken to knows them, and I can’t help the wriggle of pride inside. My mother had known and loved these people as family. “My mom talks about them all the time. They meant the world to her. She met them back before they came to Caido, before the Voice brought them here.”
I take another generous bite of the bread, and I nod earnestly, and I point in the direction of the skyship port. I swallow down the bite. “Tryna work some odd jobs to earn enough for a skyship ticket,” I say, “and then I’ll make my way to Torchline. I don’t really know how to reach them yet, but I’ll make it happen.” My confidence in it is unshakeable. Regardless of how this turns out, I will at least speak to them. I have to.
cause we waited years and years
just to make it worth the tears
to find out that we're not in this alone
so keep your head up high in these hours of the night
so when atlas drops the world on your shoulders, you still won't fall
