Sea Lion Shores I'[m] thinking of ending things

Reverie could only watch him go, silent again; she'd gotten used to that. But she did think about what he had said. If you love your family, maybe try a little harder than that? Slowly, it occurred to her that she hadn't really been trying at all. Reverie had only ever done what came naturally to her, only ever saw the value of existence when it was something beautiful and profound.
There was nothing beautiful about tragedy, and nothing profound in suffering. These things came only from love. She thought about that for a long time.