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No, just… She frowned, trying to think of a way to better word it. She didn’t want to make it sound like she regretted any of the choices they’d made so far.

I just hope we don’t need to raise anyone else’s, this year. I’ve.. I mean. They are ours, and they always will be. It just never feels like enough, and I don’t want to make things worse for any this year. Maia shifted, burrowing closer to Eljay rather than watching for his reaction.

They hadn’t made things worse, maybe, for all of them… but they certainly hadn’t made things better. This year she hoped no children lost their guardians. She wasn’t ready to be a mother again, not to anyone who wouldn’t see her this way. It broke her heart every time she needed to reconcile it.