these shallow waters never met what I needed

Vervain

even the darkest night
will end

Strange though it might sound, but Vai has never considered Remi so much like her son than in this moment. When he's needed her she's been there, and their relationship has been built on that foundation of love and acceptance. But here, stubborn and stoic and near murderous with his determination - it ought to be wrong, that she draws similarities between them. But she does, the witch smiling softly and nodding to him. "Thank you," she says, her voice warm and earnest. "But if you can't...? That's okay too, Remi."

Then he mentions Ronin, and where he usually thaws at the mention of the Star, now Remi only seems colder, frostier than ever. "...What has happened between the two of you?" she asks, unable not to sound a little wary about it. She doesn't ask if he wants to sit, if he wants tea - there are times when that's appropriate, and with Remi taut like a bowstring, this is not one of them.

and the sun
will rise