Broken Soul, Reaching Out

Rudy’s had hoped humbling himself would work and it had.  That wasn’t to say he didn’t feel sorry for having upset her so much, it hadn’t just been some game.  Rudy had found that bottling up emotions just made the pain worse and he should know, he did it all the time.  Opening himself up to her, showing his own emotions, not holding back he had hoped to get her to open up but instead it had shut her down.

Rudy hadn’t expected to get her to forgive so quickly but it was a relief.  It wouldn’t make for a good beginning if they came back with her not wanting to talk to him.  He shrugged, “I don’t remember a reason for you to apologize.” Trying to make someone open up meant he had kind of asked for it.  “Yah, Resin was pretty amazing.” He chose to use mom’s name for Fern’s, it seemed a name she was holding onto for some form of hope.

“I don’t know much about healing, it's kind of boring so I get wanting adventure.” Rudy offered a wisp of a smile, “I’m a hunter and obviously a fighter.  I’ve roamed from here to partway through Boreas on my own at one point.” He wasn’t trying to brag, not that he couldn’t do that but, this was about trying to explain his own interest potentially matching hers. “Enjoy a bit of time resting and get to know people at the hallows, I’ll show you about.  Once you're settled in if you want adventures I bet we can find you some.  Do you like hunting? I love it.”

Rudy took in the comment of watching her mom die somberly, “me too.  I watched mom die also to monsters.” There were more words he could add to that but instead, he shrugged, “Anyway,” Rudy inhaled deeply, “It’s not far now.  I guess we don’t need to arrive all gloom.  The past was bad but the hallows is a place for new beginnings and healing.”

Rudyard Carpathius