You Sweet Fool

She glanced up at Vai with her brows pulled together as she thought about what she said.. and the hint of a smile ghosted over her lips before she turned and followed her mother's gaze into the trees. "I haven't seen Ronin since he was wounded," she murmured quietly. Joining the Storm Guard... that felt like a lifetime ago all of a sudden. At first she had been finally willing to join to convince officials to make her a shapechanger. Nothing had come of it of course, and she'd found her own way.. but she had still been thinking of joining, of serving under Ronin. Her best friend. She hadn't been a good one, couldn't remember ever being a good friend to him - not the way he was to her. Her throat constricted, and Ashe swallowed hard. She missed him, loved him like he was her big brother. "Maybe.. I'll go and see him," she said quietly, but she looked down as her eyes filled. 'You are incapable of such things.' She seemed to shrink in on herself, and she had to blink rapidly before her eyes overflowed. "Have you been doing okay?" Ashe asked hoarsely. She was afraid to ask after Dev, after Remi. Afraid of the confirmation that she was not wanted. At least my mother wants me, she tried to remind herself. She had a mother to want her, and she would hold onto that with everything she had. ashetta it's live or die my way.