no love like your love

He hummed his agreement, and she could feel it through her chest. It soothed her surprisingly, and she fell silent and still. It was in this quiet that Epitaph would get a chance to speak, he would tell her how it hurt that she had to learn this now, this lesson on life. She whined softly once, but otherwise was still as he continued on. He would tell her how the world was cruel, that it was their duty to make the world a better place.

It was so much like the lessons her mother had repeated to her, but never before had she had such evidence of its importance. “I wanna be like you when I grow up, Taffy” she said softly, knowing how great a capacity for kindness he held. She leaned into his forehead kiss with a sigh, and let her anger out with it. “When are we going to start again Uncle, can I set the river stones?” she wanted to know.