*Elli took a deep breath and quietly knocked on the "door" to their mindscape. She wanted to help all of the kids. Any of them who felt like they were worth less than they were. But she needed to focus on her own child first. Especially after their conversation with Simon* Starling?
@the-blood-eel
[They were sitting silently, plucking blue columbines that were growing around them along with the usual hyacinth.]
....hmmmh...
[They hummed a familiar song. To them, at least. They used to play it when the yelling got too loud.]
Days fade into a watercolour blur...memories swim and haunt you;
[Haunt. Fitting. Their words would always be wrong. It haunted them.]
but look into the lake, shimmering like smoke... rises the moon.
[They blinked at the nickname, freezing up.]
...h-hey ...mom.
