Fall on me with open arms. Fall on me from where you are
It was true. She could have. Should have, too. And even as she thought that, a hundred reasons for not doing so cropped up. One by one, scorching the tongue as she almost offered them up. She hadn't wanted to disturb him. She wanted to do it on her own. She didn't think she had to. But one by one, Seren swallowed them back down, as the excuses they were. "I didn't... want to hear you say no," she admitted weakly.
Shame was a new flavor never sampled before, but it was all over her mouth now. Sour and vile, scorching her insides. Hearing that he was of a mind to send her back to her mother certainly did not help. Seren flinched visibly and lowered her head. Staring down at the sand, she didn't see Ronin relax. Heard the easing of his tone, but felt no better for it. "Yes," she simply replied. "I was helped... when there was a need."
This was the time for her to talk about the river, and the almost drowning, and kind people. Of Halo, and portals, and... But her throat had gone dry, and she didn't know how to say it, without losing whatever sliver of trust her father might still have in her.
Shame was a new flavor never sampled before, but it was all over her mouth now. Sour and vile, scorching her insides. Hearing that he was of a mind to send her back to her mother certainly did not help. Seren flinched visibly and lowered her head. Staring down at the sand, she didn't see Ronin relax. Heard the easing of his tone, but felt no better for it. "Yes," she simply replied. "I was helped... when there was a need."
This was the time for her to talk about the river, and the almost drowning, and kind people. Of Halo, and portals, and... But her throat had gone dry, and she didn't know how to say it, without losing whatever sliver of trust her father might still have in her.
Seren
