Nowhere Else to Go...for Now...

Vai listened quietly and without interruption as the man she had come to see as her son spoke, and much as she loved her daughter - and she did love Ashetta dearly - she could see the pain of her unpredictability written all across Alistair's face. He said he had tried and she believed it fervently. This was the man who had taught her daughter that there was more to life than pain and fear... she was just sorry that Ashe couldn't accept it. "There is no shame, Alistair, in wanting to love someone. In wanting better for them," she said softly, letting her hands fall away and smiling sadly as his lips pressed to her forehead. "Just as there is no shame from walking away from something that is causing you so much hurt. I'm so sorry, that she couldn't find peace with you." There was more she would have liked to say, but it didn't feel right; like it would be some kind of betrayal to Ashe, to let any further words slip out. A drink, though? She could do that. "I hope you plan for your path to bring you to the Rathskeller on a regular basis. If you think I'm going to stop checking up on you, you're sorely mistaken." So saying, Vai motioned to one of the barstools and moved behind the counter to fetch him a drink. It was liquor, and strong too, the former huntress sliding it across to him and tipping him a wink. vervain where the wild things are