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

And there it was.

Vairë bent until she could touch her nose to Kukutux’s forehead, a smile tugging at her face.

I will always welcome your words, your teachings. There will never be a time I won’t look to your words, your guidance. There was a lump in her throat, she named it love.

Thank you, anaa, for raising me. Even from those who had not, from those who had left her, Vairë managed to set aside some of the bitterness to scrawl the lesson across the raw meat and sinew of her heart.

In the end, she couldn’t control it. She could only control what she did.