Dragoncrest Cliffs negativity, we just dead it like d-con

they shared a wormwood moment there upon the lakeshore. she told herself she would not cry but her cheeks grew damp in the quiet all the same. mireille recalled totoro, how she had spoken of the lost sea mother only to them alone.
"we go on in her name, val," she said in a voice sodden with sorrow. "in mama rosalyn's as well. next time somet'in' comes to you, say it aloud. pass it down, to de youngers."
her eyes were anguished but the smile upon her mouth was true in its glow.