You Flourish Before Demise

The woman was useless, her voice giving them nothing but what they already knew - their mother was not here. Useless. Useless. Useless. Illusion glanced at her brother’s face, watching the disappointment wash over his expression for a moment before it was replaced. He was doing that for her sake, she could tell, even if he didn’t know she needed no such protection. But still Illusion returned Cadaver's reassuring smirk with a subtle nod. Inwardly she frowned, the biting of anger beginning to crack her mask of innocence. How she hated to see him deflate in that moment. Her irritation for the stranger was overtaken by the displeasure at their mother for having made Cadaver upset. “Brother, what if mama got taken from us? What if we never seen her again?” She shifted her tone into a meek one, a fearful one. Looking at her brother, her protector, with  tears beginning to brim in her eyes. Illusion wanted him to focus on her, only her. Wouldn’t he comfort her? Embrace her, lead her away where they didn’t have to think about their mother or this blue woman anymore?

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