REXANNA
She doesn’t want to be the one to tell her sister about her children, she doesn’t want to reopen that wound. And so she gives a different name, one of stature, of strength, of power, and loneliness. Only one of those didn’t translate to this new version of him, and she wonders if perhaps it’s for the better — for him to have a family to count on and refer to when it comes down to it. He has so many of them now, at least. Amalia, Kiada, her, Hotaru. All of them coming back together, mismatched puzzle pieces fitting together like a glove, and she can’t help the fanged smile that crosses her face at the question and demand.
The Valkyrie is here, is home, is with her once more.
Her head bobs in a nod to Hotaru, quiet and watchful, as she leans back and smiles softer. “I will, I promise, but before I do I have to tell you that he and I are different than we were before.” She says through the trembling of her voice. “We… Remember Helovia like how we lived it, but it wasn’t this version of us. Something with the portal we arrived in made it possible, showed us that second avenue of a different life we’ve lived.” She explains the best she can. “Deimos is the same and yet not. Same for me.” She says, reaching to squeeze her friend gently. “Are you hungry? Cold?” She asks suddenly as though it’s just occurred to her. She wants to tell the Valkyrie to come home with her, to rest and catch up and they’ll find the Reaper in the next day.
The Valkyrie is here, is home, is with her once more.
Her head bobs in a nod to Hotaru, quiet and watchful, as she leans back and smiles softer. “I will, I promise, but before I do I have to tell you that he and I are different than we were before.” She says through the trembling of her voice. “We… Remember Helovia like how we lived it, but it wasn’t this version of us. Something with the portal we arrived in made it possible, showed us that second avenue of a different life we’ve lived.” She explains the best she can. “Deimos is the same and yet not. Same for me.” She says, reaching to squeeze her friend gently. “Are you hungry? Cold?” She asks suddenly as though it’s just occurred to her. She wants to tell the Valkyrie to come home with her, to rest and catch up and they’ll find the Reaper in the next day.
until the lambs
have become
lions
