Vervain
”To hear someone else’s perspective, perhaps. To process it without having to filter anything for Ronin?” Vai suggested, shrugging her shoulders and glancing across to him with tired eyes as he continued to speak. It was a slow and hesitant gesture, the way she moved to rest her hand over his, giving it a gentle squeeze. ”I’m... trying to understand,” she said slowly. ”As best I can.”
With a deep sigh, she turned her attention to the grave. ”I was very angry with you, when you went through that portal,” she said. ”I have lost two husbands, a twin, a daughter, and I lost Felix’s childhood. And off you swanned to the Grounds anyway, leaving me holding all your responsibilities down, to stop them flying away. You might never have come home.”
Shaking her head, Vai forced herself to relax. ”But thinking that way was selfish of me.”
With a deep sigh, she turned her attention to the grave. ”I was very angry with you, when you went through that portal,” she said. ”I have lost two husbands, a twin, a daughter, and I lost Felix’s childhood. And off you swanned to the Grounds anyway, leaving me holding all your responsibilities down, to stop them flying away. You might never have come home.”
Shaking her head, Vai forced herself to relax. ”But thinking that way was selfish of me.”
