Northstar Vale Trust is for fools. Fear is the only reliable way.

He was dead. The thought was so strange, foreign to think that the man she loved had come and gone so quickly. Like smoke in the wind he was gone she didn't have the opportunity to say goodbye or even find true peace with him again after their last argument. After every nap it felt like she would wake up and he would be there again, that this whole thing was just a bad dream - but no matter how many times she would wake up, nothing would change. 

She hated Takeshi, but she hated herself even more. Collisions' words rang harsh in her ears, he was right as far as she knew, indisputable gospel as she had no one else she could place the blame on other than her own inability to lead properly. Ever since the meeting she would dream of her mother every once in a while, a way to try and ask and figure things out, to find a moment of peace in the presence of the parent she missed oh so dearly; even then, Reiko knew it was all in her head. 

With her group of friends dwindling down in numbers, she remained by the side of her children. Dull cerulean glanced out from within the den, she could swear someone was lingering near by. She had some guesses as to who it may be, three in particular, two of which didn’t seem to hate her these days and one, well, Takeshi was always just around the corner.