Moonsong Glacier a tear in the membrane

i'm so sorry we couldn't finish this thread in time ;; <3 i'll tack on a conclusion here! i'm happy they got to reunite <333

i've passed on, peregrine.
the boy's face contorts from shock to anger to despair and back to something unexplainable, unreadable, reticent. oh.
this was a dream. he understood now. his brain had morphed maegi, stitched her together from the ether, and had brought her to him. perhaps it was to heal his subconscious, to make him forgive her for things he could not even remember being cross with her over.
i love you too, momma. he wished he could hug her. i'm sorry.
for a while, he tells her how he's been; his plan to return to the caldera, how his meeting went with his dad, and how he hadn't seen mou or prevost or vesper in a long long time. he does not tell her that it still hurts. that everything still hurts and that he still burns with a spark of energy that he cannot seem to make go away.
but for now, the pain is numbed with the cool of her scentless breath.
he is sorry.