oh i got troubles that won't let me be, but i won't get tired, set the world on fire
There’s a crookedly boyish smile that crosses his face with the suggestion of picking fun at Remi if the woods make the Lullaby lost. And so he nods, but all fun and games don’t last long with the words he’s about to say – the ones that make that smile fall from his lips as he remembers Nerissa’s raged words at him, the curse of the sea. So he digs into his food absentmindedly, fork pushing food around the plate before Vai’s arms wrap around him and he leans into his mother’s touch, dropping the fork to wrap an arm around her in return and press his face into her shoulder.
“I’m fine.” He tells her, albeit muffled. “I shifted into the bear shift and she freaked out and let me go.” And said it had been his fault, that he’d panicked and evaded her, how the sea would never forgive him again. “And then I swam back to shore and just... Didn’t go back to the water. It’s fine, really.” He tries to urge – some relief spreading through him at having finally told her but knowing it likely wouldn’t be the end of it.
“I’m fine.” He tells her, albeit muffled. “I shifted into the bear shift and she freaked out and let me go.” And said it had been his fault, that he’d panicked and evaded her, how the sea would never forgive him again. “And then I swam back to shore and just... Didn’t go back to the water. It’s fine, really.” He tries to urge – some relief spreading through him at having finally told her but knowing it likely wouldn’t be the end of it.
'till my troubles got trouble with me
FELIX
