Resplendence

one day i'll be stronger than my own doubt

He was breaking. Shattering right in front of her. Weak movements allowed her to burrow up under his wing, to offer support to his hulking frame. Alas, he wouldn't meet her gaze. No, he buried his head behind her chin instead and so she allowed him to press into her - to drown her in his sorrows. It was fine, if it made him feel better. And slowly, so slowly, they lowered themselves to the ground where Valiance began his line of work. The dexterous claws flicking strands of mane around until tiny little braids began to appear along Kaj's crest.

She got three words from him before the tears gushed forth like raging waterfalls - resounding of nothing but power to Resplendence, who (by this point) had learned that being able to cry was also very much a sign of strength. And as his body shook more, she pressed up even closer to him. She tried to offer him her heartbeat, something to keep his body grounded regardless of where his memories drug him.

Then, there were more fragmented word. Kahlua, saying that 'they' leave and that 'they' hurt him. "I know it hurts, darling… I know…" she croons, her maw pressing up against his flesh and carefully massaging his muscles in a calming matter. And, slowly, with time between the tears, he says the seven words that make the most sense on this God-filled earth. There is a pause where she simply flicks her tail to wrap it around him, to protect him as much as she could from the rest of the world. "Sometimes everything is too much, and sometimes it it just enough." she whispers, Valiance shooting off to gather her canopy and carefully drape it around where they were now - to continue to hide them from all of the danger, all of the torture that was near them. "Some aren't worth the pain;" Aye, that wouldn't help him. No, but she couldn't figure out how to put these thoughts in her mind into intricate words to soothe his soul. "Sometimes it feels like you gave them too much because they don't return it- they don't replenish what you gave out and all you can feel is emptiness and pain…"

There is a gentle sigh. "Believe me, when I say that I want nothing more but to soothe your pain, brother. You are a part of my family too…" She's not sure if it will help, but as she lays there she can picture the lynx from the rotunda, when Resplendence was still pregnant. Aye, maybe she could quite literally soothe his soul, if only for a short period of time. She starts to hum, a tune so similar to the one she had heard the lynx do. But, this time it is softer, slower, calmer. She only hopes that his soul and mind will be open enough to cling to it - to give into the idea of calm, to keep his heart from giving out under the stress as they hid under the canopy.





----- so sorry this is so late ;-; @[Kaj]