Vanya
HALI
even the sky and sea cannot contain me
There’s nothing but comfort to be found in Mort’s Halls: light and freedom and everything I ever needed. Yet somehow hearing it from Ronin—I missed you too—is such a deep comfort that I feel everything in me wants to overflow with it, catching in my throat, pressing behind my eyes.
“The Northaven,” I smile. I think of it so often. It’s the last place I saw my siblings. It’s where we all met—where Aiofe had been conceived. ”I could never have picked a better name." I pause. "Unless it was a really good sandwich.”
My head tilts toward Remi and Aoife with a fond smile, and my hand brushes the back of her hair. “I’m so damn glad to see you. So damn glad you've had each other all this time. I’m—” I bite my lip. I knew I would feel things I hadn’t felt in a long time. I would feel quite mortal, quite alive feelings, and right now, it’s the overwhelming want to cry. "Thank you for this.”
I look at Ronin and give him a stern look as I wipe under my eye. “You cried first, this is your fault.” I sniff.
“The Northaven,” I smile. I think of it so often. It’s the last place I saw my siblings. It’s where we all met—where Aiofe had been conceived. ”I could never have picked a better name." I pause. "Unless it was a really good sandwich.”
My head tilts toward Remi and Aoife with a fond smile, and my hand brushes the back of her hair. “I’m so damn glad to see you. So damn glad you've had each other all this time. I’m—” I bite my lip. I knew I would feel things I hadn’t felt in a long time. I would feel quite mortal, quite alive feelings, and right now, it’s the overwhelming want to cry. "Thank you for this.”
I look at Ronin and give him a stern look as I wipe under my eye. “You cried first, this is your fault.” I sniff.
for i am endlessly free
