(SE) bury me face down

”Maybe forgetting,” Vai murmurs, following his gaze down to the injuries as he notices them, as if for the first time. Honestly, it’s probably more of a secondary effect of the fever than anything else, but it all counts towards the sickness that he’s suffering from. It’s with a sad frown, though, that she has to admit that she doesn’t know where he’s been or what he’s done. ”I’m not sure. You might have hurt yourself. You’ve been missing for a bit, we’ve been out looking for you,” she explains. Sunjata reaches for her and she ducks under his arm, helping to keep guiding him along the shade of the buildings - the trek up to the lighthouse feels like too much for now, but she knows the Slagveld is nearby. Being somewhere familiar might help keep him grounded, so it’s to there that Vai heads. She starts, though, to hear him call her Mom, of all things, the witch glancing up at him. ”You don’t have anything to be sorry about,” she says, giving his arm a gentle pat. ”Nearly there, come on.” vervain well i'll rest my eyes and i'll let the earth breathe