HARPER
There is no condolence he can offer her in that moment that will ease the sting of that broken bond, so instead he merely shuffles closer and gives her his presence and undivided attention. It is all he can really do, all he has been doing for most of the night with how little he can do to help ease the pain of her past. His own gaze drifts to Auni where he is lying on his bed in the corner, curious in more ways than one about the adorable Luxere. Though the creature's origins are darker than he anticipated, and the mention of a lost life only brings a wave of regret down upon him for having asked.
"He is lucky to have you then," he murmurs quietly in the aftermath of her retelling. "Sometimes I think it would be...nice. To have a bond like that, like the one you share with Auni or Phoebe shares with Pim." There is an old, aching loneliness that he doesn't bother to hide as he speaks the words. So used to being abandoned or left behind, to being alone when all he has ever wanted was the comfort of loved ones remaining close. "Can you communicate with him? I know so little about how it works." And that, at least, will hopefully be a lighter topic than Auni's origins.
"He is lucky to have you then," he murmurs quietly in the aftermath of her retelling. "Sometimes I think it would be...nice. To have a bond like that, like the one you share with Auni or Phoebe shares with Pim." There is an old, aching loneliness that he doesn't bother to hide as he speaks the words. So used to being abandoned or left behind, to being alone when all he has ever wanted was the comfort of loved ones remaining close. "Can you communicate with him? I know so little about how it works." And that, at least, will hopefully be a lighter topic than Auni's origins.
this is your ocean, an ocean of night
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