you could have been all I wanted

the lullaby

Love isn't all that it seems
I did you wrong

It's the type of conversation that only the two of them are capable of having, and with Ronin pressed against him, there's no need for the Huntsman to use words to explain himself. "You aren't a monster." The alchemist whispers, as if it's some horrible thing. "But you can hate me, for it. For them." For the thing that grows inside of his husband that he can feel amidst the rushing of the water. The hardened and scaley thing that coils and curls tighter, that expands into every open wound left by Remi's carelessness.

Noting the sharp teeth, Remi frowns slightly, wondering if his magic is overlaying their conversation of monsters onto Ronin. However as the Huntsman's fingers leave a wake of red behind them, the Lullaby reaches out for his husband's fingers. Pressing against one of Ronin's fingertips like one might a cat's paw, the breath he draws in is kaleidoscopic with varying emotion. 'What are you feeling..?' The alchemist asks softly, pressing the curve of one of Ronin's talons against his hand and drawing blood, if only to make sure that this was no hallucination or illusory-overlay from his own mind.

"Where else?" Remi asks, confused insofar as the answer seems obvious enough to him. Because they're my children, and this is where I am.

I'll stay here with you
Until this dream is gone

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!