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

Vairë felt her breath hitch a few times, but she stayed tear free for the most part. She slung a leg up, pulling her mother into an embrace.

And I will lead our people. The burden wasn’t so heavy, not anymore. It settled across her shoulders like a well worn prey skin, comforting with its weight, but not stifling.

Ready, she told herself, the little her that lived in her chest.

Ready as we’ll ever be, the child with too sharp eyes answered.