mother knows best

All of her anger disappeared and worry took its place as Pestilence admitted that she wanted to go to Legion with the boy Alarr. Her heart dropped along with her mismatched ears as her eyes returned to the horizon. Her daughter didn’t want to remain with her family, and twice she sought a way to leave the Empire’s embrace. Deathbelle felt both betrayed and then shared the feeling of ashamedness in herself. What had she done to cause Pesto a desire to go?

Deathbelle swallowed hard as she tried to accept the facts as given to her. Pestilence wasn’t even a year old and she was already trying to leave her embrace? ”Why do you want to leave Ashen?” She asked, her voice just as soft as it had been moments ago. She wanted to understand, maybe if she could share in her daughter’s thoughts the pair of them could find a solution that would relieve her pain and give Pesto the freedom she desired.

Pestilence offered a swift apology, but Deathbelle wasn’t going to just say that it was okay. It wasn’t okay, there was a serious rift between them and Belle wanted desperately to get to the source.