[She says already lost me once and he feels his body start to seize, lungs locking, vision narrowing. It's an old curse, older even than the slackened strings around his heart, but its hauntings have returned in frequency since the day they fell loose. He lets himself slide to the floor, back against the door, counting out slow inhale after slow exhale. Listening to Qetzi's voice without really hearing the words.
He can't find steadiness quickly enough to reply as soon as she's finished, but he manages to leave only a short space of silence. Hopefully enough that she'll think him only deliberating, taking care in his answer.]
Your mo-- [It cuts, his chest hitching. He swallows, tries again.] Your mom was my friend.
[ She assumes he is upset to be reminded of her, and always by extension Othniel. She feels badly for it, she should have kept it together and just tried to tell him everything was fine. She gulps a breath. ]
Mom was easy to like.
[ Easy to feel for. Fragile and wounded with big eyes. A doll that someone once cracked. Othniel hovering nearby in concern, trying not to think about his own fractures. And Kelly much the same. They made each other all a little less unhappy.
Who on this fucking boat is going to understand what Qetzi has gone through? Even the other witches are not like her, not like this. ]
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He can't find steadiness quickly enough to reply as soon as she's finished, but he manages to leave only a short space of silence. Hopefully enough that she'll think him only deliberating, taking care in his answer.]
Your mo-- [It cuts, his chest hitching. He swallows, tries again.] Your mom was my friend.
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Mom was easy to like.
[ Easy to feel for. Fragile and wounded with big eyes. A doll that someone once cracked. Othniel hovering nearby in concern, trying not to think about his own fractures. And Kelly much the same. They made each other all a little less unhappy.
Who on this fucking boat is going to understand what Qetzi has gone through? Even the other witches are not like her, not like this. ]
You're pretty easy to like too.