sonorant | laudna catchall

A revival, of a kind? Is it what you wanted?

...Not, not really.

[she smiles a little, though it's not very nice.]

I died thirty years ago. That old life of mine - part of me will always mourn that I didn't get to live it, but it doesn't belong to me anymore. [she twists some clump of hair around her hand.] What I have now is... alright. Some people might think I'm a monster or an abomination, but the ones who matter to me understand.

I just don't want to lose them, you see.

[ her expression softens, saddened by what laudna has lost. all right is not terrible, but it is not great.

at least she has found something to hold onto. to want to hold onto. ]

It is the ones who understand you most that make it better. They're who make you belong and give you a life to belong to.

[this is so sweet. she looks down and smiles for a moment more genuinely, rather than the sort of creepy/amused/nervous smiles she usually does.]

...I think so, too. [...] Who is it that you have to return to, dear?

My brother. I am working on a way to free him from his cage. [ a beat. ] Or I was.

Was? What changed?

Being here has made me take a small hiatus from it, and I don't think it's wise to try and get a wish at this juncture.

Is your partner still with us?

[though it seems. unlikely they would agree to partner with robin now.]

[ thinks about how it's a 50% chance for anyone now

she shakes her head. ]

No, but I stopped looking, and I won't look for anyone without a match either.

I do understand why very well.

[she's a risk.]

...But I think you'd make a good partner. And maybe, if you weren't going to use the wish for your brother anyway, you could use it to wish yourself free of the monster.

Thank you.

[ she shakes her head. ]

I wouldn't use the wish on myself for that reason. [ because i do not believe i am afflicted. ] I'd prefer to use it on others.