Broken Boulder these frozen bones

i thiiink it goes queenie -> delight -> brillo -> ali -> mali, sol is bein pp'd!

he has solomon but he can't stop brilliance from darting toward her, feeling his stomach drop. he knows how much she -- how much all of them -- have missed their mother. a bitter part of him wonders if they would, if they were old enough to know what she'd done to them --

but no, that isn't fair.

mali goes missed for now, distracted by the sight of brilliance and queenie's outstretched arm. his ears flick back, hurt flashing in his eyes as she scolds him -- scolds him! "of course they have," delight snaps, refusing to meet her halfway. they can feel his anger -- they should see his honesty. "but you left, queenie, you don't get to just roll back into their lives like nothing's happened." you didn't want them, his expression seems to say, though he's the head to keep that much silent, away from his children's sensitive ears. no doubt they already know; they don't need their hapless father wielding that as a bludgel.