Make connections
02-20-2015, 09:58 PM
He spoke of his mother's illness, reminding her that Natalya had adopted this boy as her own. The things he said were very deep for someone his age and it made her tip her head to the side thoughtfully. "Loosing her isn't going to be easy... on any of us," she commented gently, her silver gaze still thoughtful as she pondered what he said. "But Natalya has always been the best of us... She will have a place waiting for her with the gods, I know it." She wasn't so sure about herself, but she wouldn't bother the young man with that. That was only something that she would ponder late at night when she was laying awake. "Try not to dwell on the fact that she is dying too much," she suggested, "Just... focus on that she'll be in a better place where she won't be sick any more. And that you'll be with her again one day." She smiled softly, not really knowing if her advice would give the boy any solace or not, but hoping that it would. She paused for a moment, letting that sink in, before she asked him a question, hoping to maybe steer their conversation in another direction. "What do you enjoy doing? Hunting? Fighting? Healing?" |
