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though vesper moved away, leaning into boo, she did not look at her mother with hatred— it was pain that she reflected back in her ember eyes, and confusion. but maegi did not look at them, instead casting her gaze over the caldera's lake, and began to speak.

the darkling listened, desperate to understand why all of this had unfolded. why their family was so broken. anything that would make it make sense and blow away the storm that had dogged them all since leaving the isle. what maegi began with didn't help vesper understand the present day, but it did illuminate the fact that father and mother had entire lives before she and her siblings arrived. she didn't quite understand the significance of that fact, yet, but her expression did soften as she settled in with blueberry to listen.