I like the twinkling lights. [ they probably don't twinkle, reading the location description. ] It reminds me of time I spent with my brother when I was young and couldn't sleep. I would drag him out to count the stars with me.
... You think you can fix things with him? Whatever it is that's going on. [she gets the sense there's some sort of struggle, she just doesn't know the details.]
[stretching her legs out in front of her, thinking.]
When I was a tyke - real little, maybe six or so - Mum took me to the beach. Dad was at work, but he told us the second he was done he'd come to us, so we decided we were going to make a sandcastle for him. In his honor, right, castle for a king.
So we spent an hour making this thing. Big towers, all structurally sound, and wouldn't you know it, the tide came in. Destroyed the thing in one go, and absolutely soaked us.
I cried. Most upset I'd ever been. [a little laugh.] But Dad came down and he saw the remains of the castle and he picked me up. And he says, "Karlach, we're going to build something twice as big. Don't let the fucking ocean win."
Think Mum scolded him for the language, but I was so determined to do it that I stopped crying in an instant.
[ this thread feels like forever ago, but the story is so cute and soft. it warms robin's heart to hear, to imagine what karlach was like when she wans young. it brings a smile to her face. ]
How adorable. I can see you build another castle large enough for your whole family, enough to make any royalty green with envy, strong and defiant against any tide.
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I believe it is the swamp trying to be funny.
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[she eases a little closer.]
How are you doing with the healing? I didn't get the chance to properly ask.
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[ the time limit helps. ]
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[nudges her very, very gently.]
Annnnd how are we doing with the hope situation, huh?
[therapies a bird]
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[ she, at least, has resilience on her side. ]
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[tilts her head back to look at the stars.]
Little light in the darkness. Like all those. [gestures at the sky.]
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Exactly like. The darker it becomes, the more I find it shines brightly—as small and far off in the distance it may be.
As unreachable as it may seem, it's still there.
[ that's what she reminds herself every time she sees stars. ]
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[a sigh.]
It's nice to have a sky like this. Little less gloomy than all the rest of the places. Except for maybe the beach.
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[ for all that it was still a murder location. ]
I like the twinkling lights. [ they probably don't twinkle, reading the location description. ] It reminds me of time I spent with my brother when I was young and couldn't sleep. I would drag him out to count the stars with me.
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Cute. [siblings...] Did he count them with you?
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He humors me less now.
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... You think you can fix things with him? Whatever it is that's going on. [she gets the sense there's some sort of struggle, she just doesn't know the details.]
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I want to. I would like to. I'm working towards it.
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[just guessing. a beat.]
I believe you can do it. Hard to say no to you.
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He's as stubborn as I am. That's how you can tell we're related.
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Guess my parents, when they were around. I haven't got family now, I'm the last one left.
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When I was a tyke - real little, maybe six or so - Mum took me to the beach. Dad was at work, but he told us the second he was done he'd come to us, so we decided we were going to make a sandcastle for him. In his honor, right, castle for a king.
So we spent an hour making this thing. Big towers, all structurally sound, and wouldn't you know it, the tide came in. Destroyed the thing in one go, and absolutely soaked us.
I cried. Most upset I'd ever been. [a little laugh.] But Dad came down and he saw the remains of the castle and he picked me up. And he says, "Karlach, we're going to build something twice as big. Don't let the fucking ocean win."
Think Mum scolded him for the language, but I was so determined to do it that I stopped crying in an instant.
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How adorable. I can see you build another castle large enough for your whole family, enough to make any royalty green with envy, strong and defiant against any tide.
[ hehe ]
All it takes is a spark.