Golden Glade Got a heart like a neon sign

Liffey didn't like this. She knew even in the moment the words had left her lips that she had lost. Breccan was just as resolute as she had been, once upon a time when her own mother had said those same words to her in hopes of stopping her from leaving home. They hadn't swayed her then, and she knew they weren't going to sway Breccan now.

Tears swam in her eyes as she looked at her son. She didn't hear what Rannoch said, too loud were her own thoughts of protest that she was working hard to quiet. She gazed at Breccan for a long moment before finally, she nodded and stepped forward to sweep him into a tight embrace. She didn't trust herself to speak, not even to tell him that she loved him. So, she put those words into her touch and simply prayed he could feel them.