Arrow Lake atemlos

fade with another round? they need an updated one :3

he felt as though he had somehow insulted her, and so let a long silence stretch between them while he sought the words to rejoin her own. there were many things between them, and more they had buried in quiet beside. mahler would not forgive himself for turning away the woman's offer of love, but nor would he dredge it up to make excuses for why they could not be, for truly; he did not know that it was an impossible thing.
"children are resilient," the general murmured. "i know that is not the most comforting thing, takiyok," he admitted, gaze searching her own, "but they have you. they have diaspora. his death will not be vithout merit. he lives on in them, and his dream still exists in you and in i and in this place."