portolan: (d e j e c t e d)
Balthier ([personal profile] portolan) wrote in [community profile] ethyraia 2021-08-15 04:20 pm (UTC)

[ Ah, children. ]

It doesn't go away, you know. No matter how far you run. Whatever it is that's eating you, it just keeps on eating, until you find a way to fill the hole or tend the wound. It took me seven years to realize that.

[ She's not going to hear it right now. But some day, when she's ready to, it'll be there. Someone gave him that when he was lost and angry.

There's little else he can do now. He's made it clear he's there for her, and she's made it clear she'd rather storm. He retreats back toward the cave without another word, though goes slowly enough that she could come if she wanted.

Strange that her General is not comforting her or is he mentoring her through this.
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