the lullaby
You are colors in the sky after forty rains
"We could do that...although..I am not really sure we have any right to ask much of Vai these days." Vai, their ever-presented adopted parent. Vai, the one raising Remi's twins. Vai, the one they visited far too frequently and almost only when they wanted or needed something.
"Mmmm. Apparently, parents are also expected to pick up their children every day to ensure they get home safely." Remi adds with a twinge of guilt. "How Mateo has managed now to draw attention to the fact that he goes home alone every day, I have no idea. I would be proud of his cunning was this not entirely our fault." He adds, his own palette of emotions now sufficiently soured.
'Yeah.' The agreement is soft but heavy with regret and no small amount of surprised disbelief. "Our dream child...but I think most days he feels as though he has been forgotten, and when he's remembered, it's only as a burden." Remi adds, and though the words are hard to say, if he and Ronin are to have this conversation, better they pull the bandaid all the way off rather than let it linger.
"Mmmm. Apparently, parents are also expected to pick up their children every day to ensure they get home safely." Remi adds with a twinge of guilt. "How Mateo has managed now to draw attention to the fact that he goes home alone every day, I have no idea. I would be proud of his cunning was this not entirely our fault." He adds, his own palette of emotions now sufficiently soured.
'Yeah.' The agreement is soft but heavy with regret and no small amount of surprised disbelief. "Our dream child...but I think most days he feels as though he has been forgotten, and when he's remembered, it's only as a burden." Remi adds, and though the words are hard to say, if he and Ronin are to have this conversation, better they pull the bandaid all the way off rather than let it linger.
Storm or drought, Surrounded by fire or flood
With You I'm never without
With You I'm never without
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
