guess things happen that way

Aurelia

'cause not everything means something, honey
so say the unsayable, say the most human things

Aurelia takes a moment to absorb the fact that Adam is here, in a half-burnt building, being broody. His jump goes without being called out because he'd scared her, too. At first it still doesn't make sense to her that he's here, but then she remembers something about him staying in Torchline. Was this where he was staying? And she'd never realized, never known? Her jaw feathers and her grip on the torch tightens.

"I'm..." she wants to explain how she's here to try and patch things back together as she can, with what she has but the words don't feel genuine. Even if that is really what she's here for. "Wishing this building would collapse on me," she replies quietly, "same as you, I guess." She sets down the satchel full of tools without much spirit, letting it slump to the wayside. "I thought I'd try and... fix things on my own, but..." she looks up at the caved in floor above them and already feels as if she's failed.

Her gaze swivels back across to Adam's and her brows furrow. Suddenly her heart lurches. "Where's your husband?" The one he'd spoken to her about the day they'd met. Had he been inside?

if everything is temporary
I will bear the unbearable