PHOEBE
Let you go and the lonely in
To take my heart again
To take my heart again
As he fought with himself, Phoebe continued to stroke his hair and feathers, doing what little she could to ease his pain. But this wasn’t an easy situation, and it wasn’t one she had ever navigated very well herself. She just knew it could be done, but that he would likely need support through it.
”You do so by deciding you will, and making steps to make it so.” she said, smiling at him. She reached up after he spoke of Ronin and his affection for him and gently booped him on the nose with the tip of her finger. ”And see, you already have. You love and want Ronin. Loren being back really doesn’t change that; it just brings up emotions you didn’t have to deal with before.” she said, squeezing his shoulder a bit. ”So…for example, today I decided that any time I started to miss Jata, I am going to cuddle Pim. And if I start wondering on the what ifs, he is going to give me a little shock because I shouldn’t do that. Right, Pim?” she said to the little dragon. Pim trilled happily, but whether that meant anything was anyone’s guess.
”Basically, it isn’t going to go away on its own. You need to take steps to distance your heart, not just your physical space.”
”You do so by deciding you will, and making steps to make it so.” she said, smiling at him. She reached up after he spoke of Ronin and his affection for him and gently booped him on the nose with the tip of her finger. ”And see, you already have. You love and want Ronin. Loren being back really doesn’t change that; it just brings up emotions you didn’t have to deal with before.” she said, squeezing his shoulder a bit. ”So…for example, today I decided that any time I started to miss Jata, I am going to cuddle Pim. And if I start wondering on the what ifs, he is going to give me a little shock because I shouldn’t do that. Right, Pim?” she said to the little dragon. Pim trilled happily, but whether that meant anything was anyone’s guess.
”Basically, it isn’t going to go away on its own. You need to take steps to distance your heart, not just your physical space.”
