Ouroboros Spine i am the one thing in life i can control

She closed her eyes.

Her leaving, perhaps, hurt their people more than they showed. Vairë glanced at Kukutux out of the corner of her eye, wondering.

Would that make you happy? She asked a moment later, fully turning her head to look at her mother.

Travel. Teaching. Would it make you happy? Happier than here, happier than here where lies are buried in the soil, happier than here where the hurts are so close to the happiness they may as well be hand in hand?