ultimately, inevitably

She hummed softly, not able to argue with his statement. She'd looked as terrible as she felt, and even though she'd never be able to reach the heights of her former beauty ever again, a combination of old injuries and age, she did look considerably better. Better than most women, she wholeheartedly believed.

"I wish I could, I'd sic you right on them and delight in seeing you use those fine teeth to bring me a trophy." In reality she didn't remember much of what happened, it was all a hazy blur, a lot of it accentuated with throbbing headaches. She sighed a little, his next question felt so weighted and she was a dainty thing, didn't like carrying anything, regardless of how heavy it wasn't. "You know how Sirius is, he doesn't like letting go of what he considers his. When in reality she hadn't even asked at all, had tried to fade away in an attempt to get some attention, to have someone chase her again.

And of course, her son had been the one to track her down. Sweet boy, but not what she'd been hoping for.

And Azure? Well, he wasn't half the man he'd claimed to be. Hanako's was childish in many ways, new shiny things excited her. And instead of his absence making her miss him, crave him, it only made her feelings towards him all the more sour. When he wasn't here to defend himself, it was easy to tear him apart, to question and wonder what she'd seen in him to begin with.

"I haven't seen Azure in seasons. He might be dead, might have just wandered off. I don't know." Either way she didn't seem so torn up by that fact.