06-17-2015, 10:09 PM
Oh look, oh my star is fading
Her mother responds, and Wrynn seems to visibly relax. Perhaps it's just that she is winding down from her mad dash to reach her mother, or perhaps it is that she was expecting a different reaction. But as soon as she mentions Rain, it's as though her mother deflates, becoming instantly more relatable to the girl. She doesn't know how much she's done right by becoming a medium. She doesn't know how much more her mother will consider her now, compared to before. It's not as if she'd even chosen the fate. Scorch figures out where she's been, and Wrynn merely nods, a tiny, subtle gesture.
She lets her mother speak then. You'd think her heart would break when her mother asks about Rain first, but it never occurs to Wrynn that she would do anything different. In fact, she's surprised when her mother does ask after her, caught off guard by it. The girl had been preparing to answer about Rain's well being. It was uncharacteristic of her mother to ask about Wrynn.
"She's good." she says, her small voice gentle and warm, a tiny smile on her miniature lips. "She's best friends with Kora." She pauses then, and the smile grows a little bit. "Actually, they're all friends down there, all the horses around my age, who….died when they were very young, or before they were even properly born." she exhales gently. "Rain wanted me to tell you – and dad – that she loves you very much."
She pauses again then, trying to figure out how to say the next part. Her shifting, mood-ring eyes soften, but do not look down at the ground as she speaks again. "They're…always with me now." she starts, a little awkwardly. "Not like walking with me, or me walking with them. But like I can talk to them in my head." A pause, and the smile is back again. "They're so nice." The smile starts to fade then, the hint of tears licking at her eyes. "I wish…I wish I could've brought them all back. Or even just a few of them." Little does she know that she actually had – at least sort of. Not any of the ones she was expecting, not in the way she was expecting. Not in a way she or her family would necessarily ever know, unless she were to remember.
"Oh, and I'm just fine. We had to fight some things and I got a little hurt, but I'm sure it'll be okay." Her sweet voice is bright, confident in her ability to recover. "I think I wouldn’t have been fine though, without Rain and her friends. They got me back here." She pauses for just a moment. "We were sent by someone named Carnage, who lost his love, Gail. We got her all the way back to the land of the dead, but then we had to get her and ourselves back. Rain and Kora and the rest of our friends were able to send me back, but I don't think Gail could come with me." She says sadly, clearly distraught that she'd failed to reunite what she believes to be two dear lovers. "But I'm so glad they did bring me back." She offers then, with a smile.
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