After the first time crying in front of Sina, Araceli hasn't done it since. What does it do, where does it get either of them but when she's here it all comes out (she's saving a fortune on salt these days and those to come, no one can see her tears when she's cooking.) Fern's so young though, and Araceli doesn't want her to see a person closed off.
Better to stay soft. You don't get hurt that way no matter what people say.
"Sina-" Why does her voice keep giving up on her, why won't it hold out longer, "Sina gave so much to the Inquisition. And I know that she never got what she deserved or needed or wanted from it, not really, not enough."
How terrible to say you've put all the breath in your body into a thing that's failing someone you love, Araceli takes little solace in admitting it but she can.
"And for you, Fern, don't let it eat you. Some things you swallow but that's a lesson for a better day so I'll say this: keep inside a regret and it turns you bitter, you're too good of heart for that." Korrin's poor hand is in a whiteknuckle grip but wouldn't people maybe have said the same sort of thing about them before?
no subject
Better to stay soft. You don't get hurt that way no matter what people say.
"Sina-" Why does her voice keep giving up on her, why won't it hold out longer, "Sina gave so much to the Inquisition. And I know that she never got what she deserved or needed or wanted from it, not really, not enough."
How terrible to say you've put all the breath in your body into a thing that's failing someone you love, Araceli takes little solace in admitting it but she can.
"And for you, Fern, don't let it eat you. Some things you swallow but that's a lesson for a better day so I'll say this: keep inside a regret and it turns you bitter, you're too good of heart for that." Korrin's poor hand is in a whiteknuckle grip but wouldn't people maybe have said the same sort of thing about them before?