I'm already there

Ara had never cared that Novel wasn't particularly strong. She'd been through a lot, more than most could admit to; and Ara loved her through it all. Her emotional fragility had never struck her as something that made her any less perfect. It was the life she had chosen, and she could ask for nothing else.

She hadn't expected to hear from either of their sons, though she certainly hoped for it. Hymn's call was quite surprising, and immediately she found a grin spreading over her lips. Where had he been, she wondered? Though she knew it was just as likely that he was wondering where they had gone for so long. Hopefully he understood. Quickly she would make her way to her son from where he had called her, eager to reunite with him.

It seemed Novel had already arrived, embracing him tightly. Ara's smiled widened as her pace quickened, nearly running over to the two of them to meet Hymn's opposite side and move to embrace him as well. "Hymn!" she exclaimed quietly, a bout of emotional laughter falling from her lips as she felt joy swelling in her chest. "We've missed you so much."