Hug it out

Ah, that was the question, wasn't it? She gave him a sad smile as her gaze shifted down to look at the ground between them, her ears flicking as he asked why she had pushed Art away. She no longer felt the pain and dread she once had when she thought about her reasoning for her foolish actions, but she was still slightly ashamed of how she had acted and how she had thought. It was a self doubt and an internal struggle that she was still working through and finding her own answers for, but she knew now that she could get there with Artorias' help. With Mortis' and Asla's help too.

"I broke up with him because I love him," she told him softly, honestly revealing the flaws in her logic with a soft smile. "I kept losing all my fights and I continued to struggle with figuring out what I could do to contribute or what I was good at... After I lost in the first round of the Ashen tournament that kind of felt like the last straw. I thought I had failed the pack and our family and... and I just thought that there was no way I could possibly be worthy of being with Artorias and helping him lead the Hallows one day. I thought he deserved to be with someone who could be his equal and a partner and I didn't think I could be that for him. I knew he wouldn't agree and he wouldn't leave me on his own so... I broke up with him to save him from me."

Briar lifted her gaze to look up at Mortis again, her expression brightening once again. "I know that was stupid now... I know that just loving someone and making them happy is just as important as anything else. I was just too caught up in my own short comings to see that." It was all hard to explain and she wondered if it would make any sense to her brother. Even if it didn't, she had begun to move past all of that now and now she could just look forward to being with Artorias and building back their relationship even more strongly than before because they both knew what it was like to lose one another and neither of them wanted that to happen again.

"Briar Fatalis"