the wheel has come full circle

ASHE question: how do you make a monster stop feeling so monsterous? you give her something she can hold in her palms without crushing, you give her something sweet and tell her to keep it.    Ashe glanced up at Projection-Ronin with a quirked brow, and she stuck her tongue out at the apparition when he passed his hand through her arm. ”Perks of being a starboy I guess?” She moved to sit down beside Real-Ronin, but her smile was tempered by the palpable tension rolling from the hunter.    She avoided his question as she looked about the training grounds, nostalgia tugging at her chest. ”It’s better than the grounds in Northaven, but it reminds me of them,” she said, her posture mimicking her friend’s with her wrapped hands dropped between her knees. She flashed a brief smile. ”You got the dummies right. Though I think that one should have it’s head attached.”    She angled her head to look at him before bumping her shoulder against his. ”What’s wrong?” you wipe the blood from her hands you say her name, over and over like an absolution. you forgive her. you forgive her. you forgive.