June 26, 2021, 09:50 AM
Watching Imaq's face fall, Lane felt guilty. She'd been so consumed by the need to know, that she hadn't stopped to consider the delicacy of the topic. She opened her mouth to take back her question with an apology, but then Imaq answered.
She didn't know. It wasn't outright denial, so that meant that Lane's suspicions were likely true. It was Rye, wasn't it? Lane couldn't ask now, not with the way Imaq looked. She stepped forward, wanting to comfort Imaq but unsure exactly how to do so. Imaq hadn't yet revealed the source of her discomfort.
With the explanation that followed, Imaq revealed everything.
"Wait so.. the reason you're cursed is because you.. left Nunaat?" Lane wanted to make sure she understood, mostly because it was just so preposterous. If Lane believed in such things as curses, they certainly wouldn't be brought on by something as innocuous as leaving a place. Hell, Lane had been leaving places all her life. Did that mean her children would come out evil too?
On that point...
"Children are not born evil. Never ever." Lane was certainly not as experienced with newborns as some-- Kukutux and Mahler, for example-- but she knew to the core of her being that there could be nothing inherently impure in the soul of a child.
Imaq not think. Well, there was something to which Lane could relate. She hummed a sympathetic noise. And Imaq cared about Rye... another point to which Lane could relate. The mention of Rye's name triggered a sinking feeling in Lane, because it banished any doubt she still harbored that Rye was the father of this litter. Swallowing her own feelings, Lane stepped forward with a comforting nudge to Imaq.
"I'm not.. completely prepared for this either. We can figure it out together." Tzila could help too; she'd done this parenthood thing before, after all. "Your kids will be perfect and good, you'll be an amazing mom, and.. R-rye is going to be such a great dad." Lane swallowed again. She felt a heat rising in her chest, burning her cheeks.
She didn't know. It wasn't outright denial, so that meant that Lane's suspicions were likely true. It was Rye, wasn't it? Lane couldn't ask now, not with the way Imaq looked. She stepped forward, wanting to comfort Imaq but unsure exactly how to do so. Imaq hadn't yet revealed the source of her discomfort.
With the explanation that followed, Imaq revealed everything.
"Wait so.. the reason you're cursed is because you.. left Nunaat?" Lane wanted to make sure she understood, mostly because it was just so preposterous. If Lane believed in such things as curses, they certainly wouldn't be brought on by something as innocuous as leaving a place. Hell, Lane had been leaving places all her life. Did that mean her children would come out evil too?
On that point...
"Children are not born evil. Never ever." Lane was certainly not as experienced with newborns as some-- Kukutux and Mahler, for example-- but she knew to the core of her being that there could be nothing inherently impure in the soul of a child.
Imaq not think. Well, there was something to which Lane could relate. She hummed a sympathetic noise. And Imaq cared about Rye... another point to which Lane could relate. The mention of Rye's name triggered a sinking feeling in Lane, because it banished any doubt she still harbored that Rye was the father of this litter. Swallowing her own feelings, Lane stepped forward with a comforting nudge to Imaq.
"I'm not.. completely prepared for this either. We can figure it out together." Tzila could help too; she'd done this parenthood thing before, after all. "Your kids will be perfect and good, you'll be an amazing mom, and.. R-rye is going to be such a great dad." Lane swallowed again. She felt a heat rising in her chest, burning her cheeks.
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"you will burn and burn out; - by Imaq - May 11, 2021, 02:27 AM
RE: "you will burn and burn out; - by Lane - May 27, 2021, 02:34 PM
RE: "you will burn and burn out; - by Imaq - May 31, 2021, 06:51 PM
RE: "you will burn and burn out; - by Lane - June 02, 2021, 09:18 AM
RE: "you will burn and burn out; - by Imaq - June 16, 2021, 10:28 PM
RE: "you will burn and burn out; - by Lane - June 21, 2021, 11:11 AM
RE: "you will burn and burn out; - by Imaq - June 23, 2021, 02:58 PM
RE: "you will burn and burn out; - by Lane - June 26, 2021, 09:50 AM
RE: "you will burn and burn out; - by Imaq - July 08, 2021, 11:58 PM
RE: "you will burn and burn out; - by Lane - July 10, 2021, 01:58 PM
RE: "you will burn and burn out; - by Imaq - July 26, 2021, 12:43 PM
RE: "you will burn and burn out; - by Lane - July 27, 2021, 11:34 AM