when safe isn't

right now everything you want is wrong
& right now all your dreams are waking up

'It is very much not the same.' Remi agrees crookedly. "You know what it is like." He adds in a softer tone. "Wanting to know, but also not wanting to." Remi indeed has the ability—especially in a dream—to curl himself around Ronin's bones and lay his head against the Star's beating heart. It wouldn't actually satisfy his want to be closer though, somehow he instinctively knows this. Like saying you want to scream, but finding that screaming does little to feed the urge. Still, Remi nestles himself as close as is possible, always wanting more of the Star.

"If that is alright with you." A man had died that Ronin might bring it back. Both father and son would understand if Ronin didn't want it displayed. "I had thought we might carve it into some sort of creature for the bow. Mateo wants it as the mast." So of course, it would serve as the mast. Shrugging casually, Remi just shakes his head. "I'm sure I can tether it to a boulder. Or if need be, I could just drag it along with us." Like some strange balloon is could just float after them.

Ronin's question has Remi growing still and cold for a moment, but his affirmation comes quickly enough. "Yes." He whispers. "They will be siblings. The why and why-they-shouldn't-be is not their fault. And it isn't Mateo's fault, either." But then..."Is...that why Mateo and Seren haven't met yet?"

The Lullaby