Why So Blue, Boy?
Artorias
Bulwark
Bard
04-23-2021, 11:19 PM
Feeling Artorias crumple into her made her ears fold back against her head and had her holding him a little tighter. She felt him bury his muzzle in her fur and his body began to shake in her embrace and it almost felt like her heart physically broke. She knew it wasn't logically possible for that to happen, but the pang in her chest at seeing him break down like this made it feel like it was. She could feel his tears dampening her fur, but she didn't care. She just kept holding him like that and would keep holding him until he was ready to pull away. He was her friend. Her only real friend. And he was hurting. She didn't know how to help him or how to make any of it right, but she could at least comfort him in some small way and that made whatever hell there was going to be for her when she got home worth it. Eventually he would answer her, giving her the obvious answer that he wasn't okay. There really hadn't been a reason to ask because she already knew what the answer would be, but it was one of those questions that you just had to ask when you saw something wrong or someone hurt. It felt like the default question for something like this. She nodded quietly when he said that something was wrong with his mom, confirming what she had wondered on her way here over whether this was all related to what they had talked about last time she was here. It seemed like whatever it was had gotten exponentially worse. She wanted to hope that her father could help, that he'd be able to direct things in time to help make things better, but... what if he couldn't? Then what? She had so much faith in her father that she didn't want to believe that was a possibility, but she also wasn't sure how bad everything had gotten. She didn't know if it was too late. Normally she would hate that she had gotten wet or that he had messed up her fur, but in this instance it had been the last thing on her mind. When he brought it up with an apology she squeezed him in her embrace again and said, "I'll allow it this time, Blue Boy..." smirking a little as she tried to weave just enjoy humor into her reply to hopefully take the edge off of things for just a moment. She glanced down at the grip of a broken sword that was laying near her and added, "I hope there's more swords where that one came from... That one had a bad time." |
