( in terms of body language, she seems to be curling in on herself, hiding partially behind the stuffed animal clutched to her chest. shame and guilt and a pain that she can't soothe, all while she recalls a distant past...
the question makes her go quiet. )
... I want to hate him, like I did two months ago. I had wanted nothing to do with him, not even to do my duty as Elder Faerie had- I just wanted him out of my life so I didn't have to think about him and what he's done to my people, and what he did to Vanny anymore.
( also, she loathed that they were together- but she also knows mizuki had encouraged it. she won't be bringing that up. )
And then we were both alone. Timekeeper Cookie is... also a cookie. But she's not from our Earthbread. And- and she did not like either Vanny or Cacao.
She has been kind, but- only he could understand. ... In truth, it's probably me who's lacking, given that they had their souls bonded together.
( her grip on the stuffed animal tightens. )
... His cakehound showed up on my door, one morning after they vanished. And then Nene followed. He'd challenged the Forest, and- came out blinded and mangled.
Despite all he'd done- and all I've done in turn... I couldn't leave him alone.
... I don't know.
We live together now. He- tries to cheer me up, or comes to me for comfort. And I feel like the resentment is fading, but it shouldn't. And I can't forget the pain of Elder Faerie, of Vanny, of watching him toy with my people...
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the question makes her go quiet. )
... I want to hate him, like I did two months ago. I had wanted nothing to do with him, not even to do my duty as Elder Faerie had- I just wanted him out of my life so I didn't have to think about him and what he's done to my people, and what he did to Vanny anymore.
( also, she loathed that they were together- but she also knows mizuki had encouraged it. she won't be bringing that up. )
And then we were both alone. Timekeeper Cookie is... also a cookie. But she's not from our Earthbread. And- and she did not like either Vanny or Cacao.
She has been kind, but- only he could understand. ... In truth, it's probably me who's lacking, given that they had their souls bonded together.
( her grip on the stuffed animal tightens. )
... His cakehound showed up on my door, one morning after they vanished. And then Nene followed. He'd challenged the Forest, and- came out blinded and mangled.
Despite all he'd done- and all I've done in turn... I couldn't leave him alone.
... I don't know.
We live together now. He- tries to cheer me up, or comes to me for comfort. And I feel like the resentment is fading, but it shouldn't. And I can't forget the pain of Elder Faerie, of Vanny, of watching him toy with my people...
( in short: it's complicated. )