08-28-2018, 05:34 PM
[font=trebuchet ms]To reduce Suiteheart to just how she had impacted Rin's life was a disservice- she was so much more than that- but Rin was, in the moment, preoccupied with what she had experienced firsthand.
Given the haze of confusion that had surrounded her when she woke up, Suite might as well have been the first person she had ever met. She had welcomed her in and treated her as a friend rather than a stranger- as family, even. She had been a constant presence, almost like the North Star, to keep the rest of the clan from getting lost or giving up.
Even the soft echoes of ukulele strings, and Suite's encouraging voice, alone meant more than Rin could ever put into words.
Discovering her body, though Rin had known somewhere within the recesses of her mind that it was coming, was no easier than having found Margaery's- but she had had to be sure. She could not just let her friends leave unacknowledged, even if she understood why they were gone. That was all this was, a goodbye for the foreseeable future, yet even that was difficult to swallow.
Descending on the shore, her face still freshly stained with tears, Rin cautiously took Suiteheart's form by the scruff and pulled her onto drier land. Though she was peaceful as could be, she deserved a more proper send-off than to be taken back in by the sea. "We won't forget you, so long as we live," Rin whispered hoarsely, exhaustion creeping into her tone bit by bit, as she touched her nose to her fallen friend's fur.
"Be... at peace, now."
Given the haze of confusion that had surrounded her when she woke up, Suite might as well have been the first person she had ever met. She had welcomed her in and treated her as a friend rather than a stranger- as family, even. She had been a constant presence, almost like the North Star, to keep the rest of the clan from getting lost or giving up.
Even the soft echoes of ukulele strings, and Suite's encouraging voice, alone meant more than Rin could ever put into words.
Discovering her body, though Rin had known somewhere within the recesses of her mind that it was coming, was no easier than having found Margaery's- but she had had to be sure. She could not just let her friends leave unacknowledged, even if she understood why they were gone. That was all this was, a goodbye for the foreseeable future, yet even that was difficult to swallow.
Descending on the shore, her face still freshly stained with tears, Rin cautiously took Suiteheart's form by the scruff and pulled her onto drier land. Though she was peaceful as could be, she deserved a more proper send-off than to be taken back in by the sea. "We won't forget you, so long as we live," Rin whispered hoarsely, exhaustion creeping into her tone bit by bit, as she touched her nose to her fallen friend's fur.
"Be... at peace, now."
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