are you still hurting?

maybe we exist to bleed // maybe we exist to burn

oh but who can say which?

His playfulness does well to break her out of the icy chamber she’s cocooned herself in, probably because he’s faced a similar traumatic experience and still managed to come out on the other side – the other side of death and life, of love after it all. Perhaps there’s still hope for her after all. She even manages to give him a brighter smile in response to his wink, a nod. “I suppose I do.” At least it’s gotten her this far.

But as she brings up the Guild, to see his reaction and what he plans to do, she listens diligently. A nod of understanding, not entirely of the ruling aspect, but definitely of homes being lost and purpose shifting. “You both have been through a lot.” She announces with a soft smile, after all that Remi had been through – Ronin had been brought back from the dead after all. “A vacation or new place to stay definitely sounds like the right plan.” Perhaps because there were too many memories surrounding the Hollowed Grounds now a days.

He mentions he’d still hunt monsters, and she nods to it as well, a contemplative look crossing her face. “Well… When I went to my second world, I did a bit of monster hunting – mostly for protection, but I still managed it. So if you need someone to take the mantle of it while you go and explore and enjoy yourselves, I’d be happy to help.” Something to take her mind away from the inevitable, away from the darkness it was prone to slip to, to the pessimism. At least in this way, she could help. She could find some people to rebuild it, to expand it without Ronin needing to worry about any of it all.

KIADA