A machine where your heart once was
Slowly takes the place of you
Slowly takes the place of you
Flora was difficult to read, her mood seeming to shift by the minute. She'd arrived bright and sunny, as though she'd been completely unbothered - but then she'd softened, offering him something that felt more real in their moment of shared grief. Now, though, he couldn't get a read on what she was feeling. "I don't think that's necessarily true," he said, but he wasn't sure how to explain why. Perhaps he simply didn't want to come across as judgemental, because he wasn't - if she made out with her friends and that worked for her, then good for her. It just wasn't him.
There was a moment of silence as she considered him. "I'm not very good at being an ex-soldier, I'm afraid," he murmured, almost ruefully. How many times had he considered that life would be easier if he simply gave up the duty that plagued him? But he couldn't bring himself to let go of it.
Her question, though, took him by surprise, and he sat back in his chair, running a hand through his hair. "My wife and kids died in the Ascended attack on Stormbreak," he said softly, that same grief making a reappearance. "After that, I couldn't..." He trailed off, remembering a time when he'd almost gotten himself kicked out because of his drinking, when he couldn't wander the streets without seeing his family's ghosts. "Back then, the Dragoons were only in Stormbreak, so when I decided to leave Stormbreak... I also retired from the Dragoons."
There was a moment of silence as she considered him. "I'm not very good at being an ex-soldier, I'm afraid," he murmured, almost ruefully. How many times had he considered that life would be easier if he simply gave up the duty that plagued him? But he couldn't bring himself to let go of it.
Her question, though, took him by surprise, and he sat back in his chair, running a hand through his hair. "My wife and kids died in the Ascended attack on Stormbreak," he said softly, that same grief making a reappearance. "After that, I couldn't..." He trailed off, remembering a time when he'd almost gotten himself kicked out because of his drinking, when he couldn't wander the streets without seeing his family's ghosts. "Back then, the Dragoons were only in Stormbreak, so when I decided to leave Stormbreak... I also retired from the Dragoons."
Only hold the memories now
Of a love I thought I knew
Of a love I thought I knew
Liam
