one for sorrow

                  ‘ how could i not remember you, child? ‘ a single, bony finger reaches out to brush her cheek, bending down to greet her. his ghostly appendage just barely brushes her cheek. ‘ you look beautiful. so grown, and i pray you are doing as well as you say? ‘

❝ i can walk more frequently, and run just a little bit. ❞ compared to her former borderline bedridden state, walking without a crutch is already a blessing. ❝ i’ve still been emotionally suffering for sure, though, ❞ truly an understatement. something had risen within the little arrow. while wonder at the world still remained, anger had bloomed and consumed. 

                   the vengess king allows a few iridescent dragonflies sputter from his fingertips as he approaches the child he haunts. he twirls his index finger idly, one of the apparitions landing gently on her nose as he smiles beneath his mask of bone.

she’s still ill and dying. despite her condition miraculously improving on its down, there’s no escape. the whole discovery had magpie excited at first, though it’s worn off- and it certainly shows.  but the sight of familiar dragonflies is at least enough to make the tears slow; and her hands slowly rise to rub them away. ❝ we’ll never get there at this rate. . ❞

“I’m n-not really in the mood to l-listen to your self-pitying c-crap.” He hides how much hearing her words hurts him by being annoyed. “If you r-really wanted to die, I would kn-know. So sit d-down and get under a b-blanket.”

her face scrunches into a scowl as she reluctantly obeys   simply out of respect for her favorite sibling. minutes pass before her grumbling stops, and the mood lifts. ❝ why are you back so early, anyways ? i thought olai sent you on a super important mission. . not that i’m unhappy to see you, though. ❞

❝ what’s the point ?! i’m dying, i’m useless, i still can’t do much despite being a little better. let’s be reasonable   the faster i go the better off everyone, including myself, will be ! ❞ 

  Yawns.

tries to look into his mouth.

if you want to add anything else (because I probably missed some stuff) feel free to do that!

outofthorns. okay okay i know i should have replied to this either ic or crack but i saw this gifset on my dash just now and it reminded me of magpie and maggie !!