what we leave behind

"I hope to give her a life that is so much more than survival." He replied with a smile, biting back on the words it is what Ronin and Vanya would have wanted. Inhaling deeply, Remi's stomach rumbled loud enough that he quickly glanced over to Aoife to make sure that it hadn't woken her. With a sheepish smile, he glanced towards Vai. "One of us apparently forgot to eat." He said with a laugh, but it was more true than he'd like to admit. Remi had ensured that both Aoife and Sugar were well taken care of. Isla could manage her life now just as well as she had when she was human, but in the midst of all of that, he'd entirely forgotten about himself. Indeed the mere smell made him suddenly ravenously hungry. "I am so glad you came." Remi admitted as Vai returned to mother over Aoife. "Sam was here earlier and I just...I.." Sighing he hung his head with shame, closing his eyes and rubbing at them with his fingers. "I remember nothing. And I see how he looks at me, I know what he wants and needs but I do not have it to give. He sat here so sweetly, just wanting to help, and I was so cruel to him." Remi said, raising his eyes and looking both weary and young. R Ǝ M I How dare you say it's nothing to me baby, you're the only light I ever saw