lonesome dreams

KIADA we are all just fighting to survive a world, where 'i miss you' doesn't mean I'm coming back. Finally. Finally, the Harpy could go home. She wanted nothing more than to curl up in front of the fire and stare at it until she fell asleep – to dream of nothing and maybe be at peace for once. She didn’t even look for Seiji before she vanished from the Settlement, Auni in tow as she shifted to vulture and flew back home. Upon reaching the door, she checked to see if anything had happened to it during Longnight, and with the notable exception of a hinge of the door – it seemed relatively unscathed. Probably due to the fact that there was nobody inside for the monsters to chase after. And so she trudged in, used a bit of the leftover firewood to start a fire, took a couple blankets to make a spot beside it for Auni to rest and recoup from the emotional roller-coaster they both had been flung on, and sighed quietly while she retrieved some for herself too. And when the fire had finally started, she wrapped herself in the blanket, clutching the bronze in her hand and leaned against the fireplace with her head gently resting against the wall beside it – and simply stared without seeing, a hand raised to rub gently against the scar along her neck. With everything that had happened, what use was it to move on and continue? She felt lost, as though she had nothing else to fight for. As if nothing else was worth destroying herself for again. and 'I love you' doesn't mean I'll stay...