FOR THE DANCING AND THE DREAMING /
THROUGH ALL LIFES SORROWS AND DELIGHTS /
I'LL KEEP YOUR LAUGH INSIDE ME /
She doesn’t miss the questioning look that Leilan gives her. Her red brow furrows slightly but it clears away immediately when she glances down at Roselin. For her daughter, the expression is soft and gentle. There are many things that she is no expert at; Lilliana doubts herself a great deal of the time.
Mothering, though, is the one place she has never doubted herself. Her children have always been given all of her and she has tried to do her best by them. It’s a quiet confidence that can be seen in her interactions with them - from grown Nashua and Yanhua to this youngest set of twins.
Whether that is the moments she tries to encourage Roselin and foster independence in her youngest daughter or that she laughs with Oren, that she tries to give her gold-pointed son as much as freedom as her heart can allow. She worries when her children are not within her sight but there is an extra pair of eyes (and with better vision than her own) to help her this time around.
Roselin looks up at the stallion and only looks away when a rather loud noise jolts her attention elsewhere. The silver-black filly presses herself against the girth of her dam and flicks her dark ears back, snorting softly when Oren comes bounding from beneath a large leaf. He goes to bump his bay head against hers and the girl tosses her head, glancing sideways to indicate the stallion with them.
Apart from Yanhua and a few visits from Nashua, he is a new face in their small world.
"Oren,” she whispers though both parents will most likely hear it. "We don’t say boo.”
The expression on Lilliana’s face as she watches the exchange between her youngest children is clearly amused and a smile tugs on the corner of her dark mouth. She glances towards Leilan in hopes of catching his own reaction to the twins. Still studying his face, Lilliana asks: "Rosey, Oren. Do you think you could tell your father hello?”
There are many things in her life that are complicated. She understands that this is true for Leilan as well. And while she won't apologize for the things she said during their last argument, she doesn't mean to allow it to prevent them from parenting their children together.
for the dancing and the dreaming - jonathon young
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