Ouroboros Spine pale moonlight

Angel laughed, giving herself easily over to her mother's embrace.

"It'll just be for a few weeks," she assured the woman, her tail whisking. "A month and a half at most. I'll be back soon."

But she appreciated this about her mother, and she knew she had good reason to treat every goodbye as it might be their last. Eventually, it would be true, and Angel didn't want to miss the chance to make her last words count. It sobered her, to hear her mother's emotional words. It made her pause and appreciate the moment.

"I'll miss you, too, momma," she said, lifting her head to look her mother in the eyes. On impulse, she leaned forward to lay a sweet kiss on Raindrop's cheek. "I love you so, so much. All of you."

But soon enough, she withdrew. "I'm gonna go find Rosie and @Ludo, too — but will you tell them again from me, next time you see them? And that man of yours, too."

She winked, flushed despite her incredible joy at getting to tease her mother about boys before Raindrop ever got the chance to tease her. But...

"Maybe I'll bring home one of my own," she suggested, floating the idea.