When we fall down, we fall together

Indigo wasn’t sure what to feel or think, he was both filled and empty at the same time. He felt so relieved to be home again inside the Armada borders. Knowing his mother and brother were gone stripped him of any warmth and he leaned into Aslatiel for comfort. Numbness had taken hold and shock held him as the earth was opened up to swallow the remains of their loved ones. Again and again he saw the scene in his mind of his mother affectionately calling him her perfect flower.

When Sirius spoke again is when the tears truly fell. He cried for his mother, his brother, his grandmother, and even though she had been gone longer, for Rue. All of the loss he sustained. Iolaire, Meadow, the end of his childhood. Briar spoke up even more softly, her sentiments an echo of Indy’s own. Like his father he wasn’t sure that he could make himself utter any kind of speech beyond what his younger sister had said. All he knew was the hurt inside.