06-17-2015, 09:48 PM
He doesn't cry, but Valkerine does.
She cries with Thorrun, their tears mingled together. Perhaps Val had once known her mother better than Thorny, but it doesn't matter now - neither of them will know her as well as they would've liked. But at least they, unlike so many of Librette's other children, have no doubt that Librette loved her. In her own way, perhaps, but she loved them.
Val comforts her sister when Thorny cries, trying to be strong for both of them even as she can't keep the tears from coming. And she tries to be strong for her father too, because even though she can hardly believe it, even though she doesn't see him cry, doesn't see his mask crack, somewhere in her bones she feels that he's sad.
And more than that, somewhere in her bones she starts to feel that her parents are not invincible - and she starts to see (although she doesn't say it to Thorny because if she says it then it's true) that her father is dying. And so she cries for both of them, for her mother and her father dead and dying, and for herself and her sister. She cries and she is strong, and hopes desperately that her comfort gives Thorrun strength.
She cries with Thorrun, their tears mingled together. Perhaps Val had once known her mother better than Thorny, but it doesn't matter now - neither of them will know her as well as they would've liked. But at least they, unlike so many of Librette's other children, have no doubt that Librette loved her. In her own way, perhaps, but she loved them.
Val comforts her sister when Thorny cries, trying to be strong for both of them even as she can't keep the tears from coming. And she tries to be strong for her father too, because even though she can hardly believe it, even though she doesn't see him cry, doesn't see his mask crack, somewhere in her bones she feels that he's sad.
And more than that, somewhere in her bones she starts to feel that her parents are not invincible - and she starts to see (although she doesn't say it to Thorny because if she says it then it's true) that her father is dying. And so she cries for both of them, for her mother and her father dead and dying, and for herself and her sister. She cries and she is strong, and hopes desperately that her comfort gives Thorrun strength.