Aurelia
and that the world is always our fault
when we did nothing, how did we do wrong?
when we did nothing, how did we do wrong?
Aurelia eyed Theo when he changed his attitude to something more sympathetic, more privvy to the hardships of being an Outlander. Her expression softened and she offered him an amicable smile. For now, though, she didn't quite feel ready to open up about the emotions he so easily read.
"I didn't see much of 'em," she admitted about the ghost whale, "but they were big, with a real bad temperament..."
She paused, watching as one of the sapling's branches sprouted a new twig. All that this prompted was a surprised blink and another curious poke at the tree. She listened as its giggle faded and returned her attentions back on Theo.
"I left my two younger sisters. They depended on me after our mom died. I can rest more easy knowing that there's still a version of me there to take care of them but..." Her lips pressed together into a small grimace, "I miss 'em a lot, probably always will." She shrugged her shoulders, attempting to dismiss the sad fact by pretending it didn't hurt. Really, it had carved a deep wound, a whole facet of who she was.. gone, and she could never get any of it back.
"I didn't see much of 'em," she admitted about the ghost whale, "but they were big, with a real bad temperament..."
She paused, watching as one of the sapling's branches sprouted a new twig. All that this prompted was a surprised blink and another curious poke at the tree. She listened as its giggle faded and returned her attentions back on Theo.
"I left my two younger sisters. They depended on me after our mom died. I can rest more easy knowing that there's still a version of me there to take care of them but..." Her lips pressed together into a small grimace, "I miss 'em a lot, probably always will." She shrugged her shoulders, attempting to dismiss the sad fact by pretending it didn't hurt. Really, it had carved a deep wound, a whole facet of who she was.. gone, and she could never get any of it back.
and I've been thinking that when we thought
the world would break us, that we weren't wrong
the world would break us, that we weren't wrong
