I've Become so Numb

He knew he was right. The second he said it, he could see it across her face. She looked dizzy, and a little bit sick. He took a step closer, uncertain why exactly. To comfort her, his old nemesis, now broken? He didn’t close that last gap of distance between them. They were held together by who they had lost, but he did not easily forget who she was, either.

He could see how much pain she was in, as she repeated time and time again the same answer. He knew exactly what it felt like, to see the one you loved bleed out in front of you. To hold their body as it grew cold. To watch their eyes grow glassy, and everything you loved about them to vanish. He closed his own eyes, suppressing a feeling of dizziness. He didn’t like to see the loss in Sparrow’s face. To know it mirrored his own. Zee.

Finally, at last, he stepped closer, and he placed a paw about her shoulders, assuming she didn’t immediately shrug him off. “I know that her companion sought me out, to deliver the news. The Potoo told me that Recluse’s kids were held captive in Insomnia, and that a wolf, a female, had murdered Recluse. The Potoo did not recognise the wolf. I took Galho, and I went to Insomnia, where Medusa told me she had already let Recluse’s children go. She was… happy, about the news.” His mouth sat in a thin line. There was more, though he did not have much. “One of her kids, Nirah, came to my pack. I made a deal with him. He was hunting his mothers killer, and I would train him to fight in the condition he kept me apprised of anything he finds. There's been no news yet. Recluse was my family, Sparrow.” He said, his voice soft here. The lack of news grated on him. “And I would like to pay my wishes, if I may” He did not know where she had been laid to rest.


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