LOREN
Yeah, Loren knew it was vague, which is why he’d elaborated. And honestly, he was glad he had: Rexanna clearly was bothered by his words, if the swift and fierce way she responded to his accusations were any indication. ”So you just don’t spend time with him, then? You find his hobbies boring? Hardly seems like a strong foundation for a marriage.” Indeed, Bastien clearly didn’t rank that highly in his wife’s esteem.
That was the least of the Launceleyn’s follow ups. He smiled coldly as the blue-eyed woman went on and on about how Hotaru’s loss was so unique and awful because she’d lost a child. It very well might be true; the summoner had no children of his own, just those he took care of. However, he wasn’t going to respond to that aspect of it. ”So I was right. You can’t help your friend. You have no idea how.” In at least this much, Loren had been right.
His smile just grew broader and darker as the topic shifted to Kiada, and everything Rexanna had done to avoid repeating the mistakes of her alternate self. ”Alright then. So I guess I should say that this version seems a bit too defensive about the other version of her, even when this version professed that there’s no possible way she could become the one Kiada knew.” In fact, the summoner knew the blue-eyed woman protested too much. ”Let me get this straight. You were so worried about becoming the worst version of yourself that you physically changed who you were, so you couldn’t have children. And then even that wasn’t enough, so you decided to marry a man who was the opposite of your ex-husband, just to try to prove to yourself you weren’t the same. Were you that weak and that worried that you’d become the other version of you?” From where Loren was standing, that certainly seemed to be a part of it.
That was the least of the Launceleyn’s follow ups. He smiled coldly as the blue-eyed woman went on and on about how Hotaru’s loss was so unique and awful because she’d lost a child. It very well might be true; the summoner had no children of his own, just those he took care of. However, he wasn’t going to respond to that aspect of it. ”So I was right. You can’t help your friend. You have no idea how.” In at least this much, Loren had been right.
His smile just grew broader and darker as the topic shifted to Kiada, and everything Rexanna had done to avoid repeating the mistakes of her alternate self. ”Alright then. So I guess I should say that this version seems a bit too defensive about the other version of her, even when this version professed that there’s no possible way she could become the one Kiada knew.” In fact, the summoner knew the blue-eyed woman protested too much. ”Let me get this straight. You were so worried about becoming the worst version of yourself that you physically changed who you were, so you couldn’t have children. And then even that wasn’t enough, so you decided to marry a man who was the opposite of your ex-husband, just to try to prove to yourself you weren’t the same. Were you that weak and that worried that you’d become the other version of you?” From where Loren was standing, that certainly seemed to be a part of it.
But don’t be weary if it’s broken
Families are like that—
they’re split up and always torn.
