third time's the charm [birth]

*Recluse* · Updated 04/30/23:

Recluse wondered if she ought to call Shiba, or Jigsaw, someone to help her aunt through the pregnancy but had reason enough to believe that if she felt she needed it her aunt would have already sought out help. The time would seem to stretch on ad infinitum, she could hear her aunt calling out and the woman twisted to try and peer into the den, suddenly second-guessing her earlier decision. She almost wished that the man her aunt had called would arrive, she didn't want to push her way into the den and simply put herself in the way but she couldn't stop the sudden surge of fear the clearly distressed noise her aunt had made gave her. So instead she dithered outside the den, her dread only deepening as things grew quieter again.

Finally Recluse worked up the courage to enter her aunt's den, the soft breathing of crying reaching her ears as her eyes adjusted and despite herself, Recluse felt her heart breaking. She'd not wanted the father of her children there when she'd given birth, but she knew her aunt desperately sought out that affection, she'd nearly torn her whole kingdom apart for it... Kleins it turned out, were a broken messy bunch, too much ego for their own good and yet so deeply flawed, she'd once been raised to assume she was a God... but Recluse knew better, the pain and suffering she'd endured as a child had let her know she was all too mortal... Her aunt was no different, and some part of Recluse wondered what had happened to them all to cause this. Recluse knew it was abandonment on her part, maybe it was the same for her aunt.

Recluse slowly approached her aunt, lowering her head to try and gently bump the crown of her head into her aunt's. "They're beautiful." She told her aunt softly, cherry gaze turning to the three precious bundles at her stomach, and Recluse's heart broke again. Her children... their father would have wanted to be there if he'd known, he'd told her as much, but these children? Did their father even care? She did not believe that any child needed both parents, especially in her new cousin's case when it appeared their father was too much a coward to even be there for their first moments... she vowed then she'd not let them want for anything, they'd be given all the same care she meant to provide for her own children. They were not hers, but it was long past time that she end the suffering visited so often upon her bloodline... she'd end the cycle here.

"Speech"

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