08-09-2019, 11:44 AM
❝ MAKING MY OWN ROAD OUT OF GRAVEL AND SOME WINE; IF I HAVE TO FALL THEN IT WON'T BE IN YOUR LINE—I'M A BLACK SHEEP ❞
"Deldrach..." Hearing her name again is like a sucker punch to the gut. A thoughtful, guilty look flickers over the maned wolf's face as the weight of the other's memory settles over her shoulders, and it's enough that Vandal has to scrape her claws against the surface of the earth underneath her to keep herself in place. A figure flashes in the back of her eyes, strong and familiar and looming over her like a shadow, but she furiously shakes the image away before it can get any closer; it whispers, just as it leaves, 'You left her. You left them all.'
"I knew her, once," she admits with a flick of her ear, looking as nonchalant as she had been before the revelation, actively working to keep her expression in check. She might not know what has become of Deldrach, and she might still blame herself for that lack of information, but she can still do right by her kids, help them settle into a place their mother had once called home. Maybe someday, just maybe, Deldrach would find herself home, too.
"And if you need someone to show you around, get you anythin', you can just tug on my ear and ask for whatever," she pipes up after Idyllfields, ease edging back into her voice. Yes, she thinks, these kids might not know who she is, or what role she had once played in Deldrach's life, but she'll do her best to keep an eye on them, care for them, hopefully. It's the least she can do, but it's also the most she can do. It's too late to make amends for all the wrong she's done before, but there's always an opportunity to start doing right.
"I knew her, once," she admits with a flick of her ear, looking as nonchalant as she had been before the revelation, actively working to keep her expression in check. She might not know what has become of Deldrach, and she might still blame herself for that lack of information, but she can still do right by her kids, help them settle into a place their mother had once called home. Maybe someday, just maybe, Deldrach would find herself home, too.
"And if you need someone to show you around, get you anythin', you can just tug on my ear and ask for whatever," she pipes up after Idyllfields, ease edging back into her voice. Yes, she thinks, these kids might not know who she is, or what role she had once played in Deldrach's life, but she'll do her best to keep an eye on them, care for them, hopefully. It's the least she can do, but it's also the most she can do. It's too late to make amends for all the wrong she's done before, but there's always an opportunity to start doing right.
I TOLD THAT DEVIL TO TAKE YOU BACK
MAXINE VIENNA "VANDAL" ROUX — TAGS — THE TYPHOON