slow down, you're doing fine
Flora nods, slow and measured, the understanding settling easily into place. This is not something she can take from him, no matter how much help she offers, and she recognises it for what it is; the last weight he will carry as Commander, a duty that belongs to him even when it hurts. Pressing harder would not be kindness, it would be theft.
She steps in just enough to bridge the space and reaches out, fingers warm against his arm as she gives it a soft, grounding squeeze. "Yeah," Flora says quietly, a note of certainty threading through the word. "I know they are." Then her mouth quirks, a lopsided smile breaking through the heaviness as a breath of levity slips in. "My brother, my best friend, and my boyfriend are all Breakers," she adds with a short laugh.
The smile lingers for a heartbeat before easing into something gentler. With a small sigh, she lets her hand fall back to her side and straightens, posture relaxed but resolved. "I won’t keep you," Flora says, glancing once toward the tunnels as if already tallying the long list waiting for him. "You’ve clearly got a thousand things to be doing." Her gaze returns to him, steady and sincere. "But I do really appreciate you coming down to talk to me face to face."
She steps in just enough to bridge the space and reaches out, fingers warm against his arm as she gives it a soft, grounding squeeze. "Yeah," Flora says quietly, a note of certainty threading through the word. "I know they are." Then her mouth quirks, a lopsided smile breaking through the heaviness as a breath of levity slips in. "My brother, my best friend, and my boyfriend are all Breakers," she adds with a short laugh.
The smile lingers for a heartbeat before easing into something gentler. With a small sigh, she lets her hand fall back to her side and straightens, posture relaxed but resolved. "I won’t keep you," Flora says, glancing once toward the tunnels as if already tallying the long list waiting for him. "You’ve clearly got a thousand things to be doing." Her gaze returns to him, steady and sincere. "But I do really appreciate you coming down to talk to me face to face."
Flora
you can't be everything you wanna be before your time
