The Broken Heart Club

She was thankful that the woman not only didn't pull away, but clung to her tighter as she sobbed into her mother's coat. The tears flowed on their own, unable to stop them as she crumbled against Rhythm. Eulogy had been so focused on her own children that she had forgotten just how much she missed the woman before her, the emotions flooding over her like a tidal wave. When Rhythm tried to take the blame on herself though, she violently shook her head, burying her face further into the plush of the other woman's coat. "Please, mother, don't blame yourself. In the haze of the eruption, I fear that there was little that could have been done. As selfish as it may sound...." she broke off, clearing her throat as her ears pressed tightly against her skull. She had never admitted this out loud, but... "I am thankful that I had Spirit with me. If I had been completely alone, I fear that I would have been lost for a much longer time. And then I would have..." Eu broke off, not daring to speak of what she could have missed. Her children's lives, not being able to say goodbye to her mother... It was a horrid thought, but it was no secret that her dam was growing in age. If she hadn't been able to wish her a final goodbye, it would have broken her, more so than she already was. She never blamed her mother for staying away either, for wanting to be herself. It was a strength that she herself wished that she had, and something that she had always admired in her mother.

The female's sat back, still not moving far from each other's side. She breathed in the scent of Rhythm, finding comfort in just being with her once again. Her question was answered without hesitation, telling her that it was just the way that their world worked. The mocha coloured girl found herself pouting, knowing that it was true, but at the same time wishing that it didn't have to be that way. It felt like every time she turned around, she was saying goodbye, or reuniting with someone who had left them for a time. They were the words that she needed to hear though, telling her that their was no way to change what had happened to them. It was something that Eu knew well, and yet still struggled to accept. Every day she tried to rewrite the past, tried to make herself stronger and be a woman that her own children could be proud of, as she was of her own mother. She wanted to lead them down the right path, to help them avoid the bitter truths that the world bore. An impossible task, perhaps, but one that she still tried to accomplish. "I know you're right, but it's still so hard to let go of," Eulogy whispered, closing her eyes as she nuzzled under Rhythm's chin. There was so much that she wanted to change, even still knowing that she couldn't.

Another sigh left the chocolate woman, her blue eyes looking upwards towards the sightless elder above her. "But what about here? What happened after we left?" She asked, knowing that she had missed much of the disarray that had occurred. And what of Rhyme? She had yet to see her half brother since coming home. So much of her own family was still here within Abaven, but she had been much to wrapped up in her own drama to seek them out and check in on them. Plus, part of her still clung to the shame of having vanished in the first place, worried that their opinions of her would shift.