that much causes eda's expression to soften, a momentary crack in the brave front that she's been trying to put forward. between the two of them, hunter is still just a boy. he's young, he's fragile, and the least eda could do was try to be a strong presence for his sake. any falling apart was to be done later.
yet being told that she made for a great aunt is enough to make her want to cry. the kid is just trying to be nice and she shouldn't take it so seriously, but— )
Yeah, me too. Would have been lucky to be your aunt, kid. I was real proud of you.
( an honest statement. her heart still mourns for the life they lost, for the world that never existed, and for the gift of being given a child to raise. not like how she found king, rescued from his own lonely tower, but entrusted to her. )
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that much causes eda's expression to soften, a momentary crack in the brave front that she's been trying to put forward. between the two of them, hunter is still just a boy. he's young, he's fragile, and the least eda could do was try to be a strong presence for his sake. any falling apart was to be done later.
yet being told that she made for a great aunt is enough to make her want to cry. the kid is just trying to be nice and she shouldn't take it so seriously, but— )
Yeah, me too. Would have been lucky to be your aunt, kid. I was real proud of you.
( an honest statement. her heart still mourns for the life they lost, for the world that never existed, and for the gift of being given a child to raise. not like how she found king, rescued from his own lonely tower, but entrusted to her. )
You deserved better than what you got.
( hopefully that's something he knows already. )