break these bones until they're better; leliana

[leliana]

Much of Leliana’s attention goes toward the growth of her daughter. It is a strange thing to feel it—the way that her daughter’s body recovers outside of the womb—and she feels a constant stress when she considers how little she is able to protect her child. She had not been able to protect her from the war, or the magma, or the death that had claimed her; no more than she had been able to protect her home.

But she now has the ability to do this and she pours herself into the work.

In her efforts to regrow her home, she makes a section just for her and her family. It is a grove that can only be reached by knowing where you are going and it’s easiest when you can simply teleport through the branches and the bramble. That is what she does today when she first feels her daughter taking her first breaths. Her pulse immediately begins to skyrocket and she lifts her head to the sky, feeling the breeze winding through her home reminding her that her daughter is alive—that she’s alive.

Without hesitation, she sends a message to Vulgaris, letting him know, and then she teleports herself into the grove. The leaves hang around them and the perfume of the flowers is thick. She smiles when she sees her daughter beginning to stir and although there is a piece of her that breaks knowing that she could not bring her daughter back in her own body, it is overwhelmed with joy knowing that she is at least safe.

“Linnea,” she breathes her name out and walks forward, pressing a kiss into the flowers and bark.

Even with her new body, she looks in her eyes and her mother’s heart swells with knowing.

“My sweet, darling girl. You’re awake.”

it's only you and me there until the darkness calls
let's face the dawn together; we'll brave whatever comes

@[vulgaris] - if you wanna join! <3