You Sweet Fool

Whether she could accept it or not was irrelevant, at least to Vervain - as her mother she would give it all the same, wholly and without expectation of anything in return. Still as Ashe leant into her she felt herself relax ever so slightly, pressing a kiss to her daughter's dark hair as her head came to lean against her shoulder. Absently she brushed her fingers over the assassin's weathered clothes, clothes that seemed to hang off her more than Vai remembered. Fussing over her daughter came so naturally, even after all this time. She just wished she could do more. "Well... I don't know if I can answer that because I think you do deserve it. But... I'd say you're allowed to want whatever you like." She sighed, happy in their silence but listening closely the moment Ashe began to speak. A small frown flickered across her face, Vai working her fingers gently through her daughter's hair, the warmth between them warding off the autumnal chill. "You could keep yourself away I suppose... or you could find something else to do with that fight. If you can't let it go, at least use it to make your life better. To make other people's lives better. Light a fire under your ass, Ashe. This isn't you." vervain I am always on your side