[private] I think it's strange you never knew

[Avelina]

He is there and she feels both relief and distress, “Isakov.” She says his name and her voice is whisper quiet and desperate. Avelina tries her best to stifle her tears, to swallow down the frustration that feels like it is tearing her apart. She hadn’t ever wanted him to see her cry again - once had been enough. She hadn’t wanted to ever cry again in general. There had been such a blissful time when she hadn’t needed to, when everything seemed to be working out. She cannot bear the idea of her daughter dying. This is the first time in her life where Avelina is losing hope. She doesn’t even believe Isakov when he says it’s all right because how can it be when his touch passes right through her? Despair gets its claws in her as she watches him lower his head to address the girl. The filly forgets her hunger for the moment, distracted from the pain by this new thing - blinking golden eyes as she stares at the one who she inherited them from. A single quiet sob escapes her but she is able to swallow the rest and she nods earnestly, eager to help. A trait she inherited from her mother. Who now feels her heart swell with love for the pair as she looks at them with shining eyes and whispers quietly “How?”

@[isakov]