Prayer for a cure [SE - OPEN]

listen to me: I was a child who only wanted to heal things

now, i want to be

"I hear there's land yet to be discovered, here. Perhaps it will be just as rewarding for you when they are found?" Hotaru was not the type to care about such things anymore, but perhaps Bastien would find some sort of accomplishment or wonder in the unveiling of new lands. Ones that held the potential to inspire him in similar ways. Hotaru may be a conqueror at heart, but adventure had stopped pulling at her as she grew older, as she was hurtled through various new worlds whose wonders did nothing to heal the aching wounds she carried eternally. Ah, but that's far too deep and angsty for her to be pondering right now, and so she refocuses her attention on the man as she idly brushes dirt from her hands. The rose is safely planted, and they surely can't linger much longer, but running into him had been surprisingly pleasant.

A weak smile is all she can give him as he considered children. "I had many in my life, and I've found there are few things children cannot forgive when they know they are truly loved. I love Rexanna, and I'm sure if you were to have children with her she would be a much better mother. But what you may encounter with your own children is very different from what Kiada had to go through." Hotaru would always be there to support Rexanna if she wanted to become a mother again, but she didn't want him to misunderstand or blow Kiada's feelings out of proportion. "And I'll happily be an auntie to a new little baby," she says with a beaming grin.

an abomination

HOTARU