Oh, empty my heart
There could never be enough hugs, or kisses, or love conveyed with her mother. Even though they had shared far more than their alotted time together already, and although Safrin would indeed be watching it just would not be the same. Would that Seren could spend the rest of her days just like this, wrapped in the goddess' arms. But there was another parent who had been robbed of that very same amount of time. For all the reasons given, real or imagined, this was the simple truth. And it wasn't right.
"I'll remember." gave her mother a final tight hug before stepping back, and nodded in response to Ronin's question. "Yes," she confirmed with a reassuring smile. "I'm staying." No more take-backs, no more safekeeping. Seren had learned all she could from the stars for now, and some things not even Safrin could protect her from forever.
Laughing at the last reminder, the girl waved her mother goodbye. A heartbeat she allowed herself to feel the loss as the goddess' presence faded... then she turned back and laughed as she finally - finally - gave her father a long overdue embrace.
"I really missed you, father," she murmured. "Tell me everything that's happened while I was gone?"
They had so much to catch up on. But at least there was time now.
- Fin
"I'll remember." gave her mother a final tight hug before stepping back, and nodded in response to Ronin's question. "Yes," she confirmed with a reassuring smile. "I'm staying." No more take-backs, no more safekeeping. Seren had learned all she could from the stars for now, and some things not even Safrin could protect her from forever.
Laughing at the last reminder, the girl waved her mother goodbye. A heartbeat she allowed herself to feel the loss as the goddess' presence faded... then she turned back and laughed as she finally - finally - gave her father a long overdue embrace.
"I really missed you, father," she murmured. "Tell me everything that's happened while I was gone?"
They had so much to catch up on. But at least there was time now.
- Fin
I've got to make room for this feeling
SEREN
