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 frowned at him as he waved away her concern. As if she wouldn’t worry after him. He seemed like himself, but even beyond the stress weighing heavily on him, there was something off. He got tired easily, but what else? What was trying to take him away from them again? She glanced down to her hands, wringing them together like she wasn’t quite sure what to do with them.    Remi was on top of it, of course he was, and it was a comfort to know it. And others.. Others were trying to find the answer. A cure would be found, there had to be. She pulled her lower lip between sharp canines, brow furrowing in thought. ”Someone’s gone into the Spire, right?” Discomfort curled in her gut at the very mention of the place. She would never not hate it there, but she wouldn’t hesitate to go again. Not when it came to Ronin.    She was shaken from her train of thought as Ronin looped an arm around her shoulders, and she huffed as she leaned against him. Glancing up at him, she met his weak smile with a reluctant one of her own. ”I’ll hold you to that.” She poked him square in the chest with a meaningful look. ”I love you, Ronin. Don’t you dare ever make me say goodbye again.”    She returned her attention to the training grounds, pursing her lips as she sat up. ”Are you too worn out for some training? Used to be we trained every with every sunset, til my series of fuck ups.” She gave him a rueful smile. ”Maybe we make a routine of it again, keep your strength up.” 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.