it's like the fog has lifted

Mostly she slept in the days after the storm, mostly so she didn’t have to accept Dalila’s distance but also so she could heal. Over the course of those excruciating days she started to form an idea to keep her puppies alive. Chimera couldn’t ever know about the deity that impregnated her, she couldn’t bear the thought of what he would do or think if he knew another (even a river god) had touched her let alone filled her with his offspring. He loved her, but if Dalila’s reaction was any indication of how Chimera would feel… Betrayed and hurt at the very least. Murderous at worst. She had to protect that which grew within. The idea itself was atrocious, and she hated it from the very start but what else could she do? Siren could ask anything she wanted of Chimera but to raise another’s children seemed far too much to ask. So she would bear this burden, and hope she could trust Dalila enough not to reveal the truth.

Siren was walking easily again, though her recovery was longer than she anticipated. She wasn’t doing anything she normally might have, and likely would have been caught already if Chimera were not also recovering. The little princess made her way through the forests in the late afternoon. She had seen all three other women close to the beaches, and she followed Chimera’s trail to the middle of the island. It was a mild afternoon, the day was overcast and cool.

Her slim frame slipped through the foliage into a private clearing, finding her massive brother, laying eyes on him for the first time since… everything. Siren didn’t think that she could love him more, but in that moment she was struck dumb by the emotions. He really was everything to her, especially now as she stood broken before him. She didn’t let the tears fall, she buried the uncontrollable emotions and smiled softly. Her expression was real, he did make her smile, just being in his presence made her feel like maybe everything would be alright.

"Chimera.” She greeted softly, her voice betraying just how desperately she needed him. In this moment and every day. "How are you feeling?”

"Speech"