and I tried to remember how nice it had been
"As a storyteller myself, I'll only be enamoured with any flourishes you add to your adventures," Vai assures Theea with a grin. "And it's you wanting him there that makes it true, sweet girl. Places have memory and words have power. If you think he'd be reaching out to you from Halo, chances are he is - you just have to reach back." Squeezing her upper arm where she remains in that half embrace, she nods her agreement at the sentiment. "That's what I like to think as well," she says softly. "The trees in the Greatwood remember me, even now I'm no longer there."
Jostling Theea playfully as she refuses to let the subject of her tracking days drop, Vai lets out a laugh and shrugs her shoulders. "I'd fully expect you to brag - and if you didn't, I'd brag enough for you. Which is how things tend to work for me as well," she points out. "And you know, I always wanted a dog. You can retire to my old Greatwood cottage and get a puppy if you want."
Glancing up as Ashe reappears, seemingly drawn by her own criminal past, Vai's grin slants towards something mischievous and she reaches out to snag at her daughter, tucking her against her other side. "I love you too. Both of you," she whispers, pressing a kiss to each of their temples while they're too close to do anything about it. "Get used to this sort of thing, if you stick around. It'll be enough to keep you going forever." She beams.
When the lantern finally starts to dim and it's time for the witch and the other spirits to depart, Vai reluctantly leaves them, but not with a goodbye - such things don't belong in the afterlife where she resides. She steps back into Mort's Halls with a warm see you later, already looking forward to the next time they meet.
~FIN
Jostling Theea playfully as she refuses to let the subject of her tracking days drop, Vai lets out a laugh and shrugs her shoulders. "I'd fully expect you to brag - and if you didn't, I'd brag enough for you. Which is how things tend to work for me as well," she points out. "And you know, I always wanted a dog. You can retire to my old Greatwood cottage and get a puppy if you want."
Glancing up as Ashe reappears, seemingly drawn by her own criminal past, Vai's grin slants towards something mischievous and she reaches out to snag at her daughter, tucking her against her other side. "I love you too. Both of you," she whispers, pressing a kiss to each of their temples while they're too close to do anything about it. "Get used to this sort of thing, if you stick around. It'll be enough to keep you going forever." She beams.
When the lantern finally starts to dim and it's time for the witch and the other spirits to depart, Vai reluctantly leaves them, but not with a goodbye - such things don't belong in the afterlife where she resides. She steps back into Mort's Halls with a warm see you later, already looking forward to the next time they meet.
~FIN
a long long time ago
Vervain
