What Needs To Be Said

The words ate at Ellis' heart. She could feel the accusation in the girl's look. Feel the hurt and bitterness. Ellis would expel a breath, her ears laying low as she looked at the young girl. "I can imagine, Mercy... and words alone will never be enough to tell her, nor any of you, how sorry I am." The small healer would not let her eyes leave the girl. She wanted Mercy to see the truth in her teal-green pools, to know she spoke from her heart. She would not hide. Would not lie. 

"I had no intentions of leaving you all. I was gathering herbs, some that could help your mother have richer milk for you and your brother... and there was an accident. So much of the time after it is a blur. I struck my head, a nasty blow. I couldn't hardly remember who I was... only that I was forgetting something so important. I wandered around Alacritia, I did, in hopes of finding what it was I couldn't remember. What I was forgetting. Slowly my memories have been returning, piece by piece, but... I never remembered where you all were located. I could never find you." Ellis let out a deep sigh.

"I've been trying, Mercy. I'm so sorry that I had gotten cut off from you all. I'm sorry Theisi and Ty were left with your mother... they were not her responsibility... and I'm sure they ate up her time. I'm... I'm really sorry." She dipped her head. "I don't know if you can find it in your heart to forgive me, Mercy... but I promise I would have never intentionally hurt any of you. I loved you all as my family... and that will never change."