She's watching the embers on the edge of her cigarette now, and when she speaks again, it's soft and sad: ] Yeah. He did.
[ She takes a puff; gently exhales the smoke and watches it dissipate into the air. ]
I never got to help him, though. Or to say goodbye.
[ She'd learned about Lars' passing two weeks after coming home and finally after settling in as best as she could. She'd gone around, had mustered the courage to seek out Henry only to learn that Lars had passed away, and all the events that had led up to that passing.
Funny how she'd always thought that they would have a longer run. He'd been the one to tell her after all, that once they won the fight with Nyx ( not 'if', but 'when', his exact word choice at the time ) they would all live long and happy lives.
She lifts a hand then, fingers curled, to her lips.
Deirdra was right. She still carried the guilt of it. Sure, she'd made her peace, and she also ensured that part of her hunter's earnings went to funding the hospital down in the Visayas -- Lars' dream, given the kind of doctor that he had been. ]
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She's watching the embers on the edge of her cigarette now, and when she speaks again, it's soft and sad: ] Yeah. He did.
[ She takes a puff; gently exhales the smoke and watches it dissipate into the air. ]
I never got to help him, though. Or to say goodbye.
[ She'd learned about Lars' passing two weeks after coming home and finally after settling in as best as she could. She'd gone around, had mustered the courage to seek out Henry only to learn that Lars had passed away, and all the events that had led up to that passing.
Funny how she'd always thought that they would have a longer run. He'd been the one to tell her after all, that once they won the fight with Nyx ( not 'if', but 'when', his exact word choice at the time ) they would all live long and happy lives.
She lifts a hand then, fingers curled, to her lips.
Deirdra was right. She still carried the guilt of it. Sure, she'd made her peace, and she also ensured that part of her hunter's earnings went to funding the hospital down in the Visayas -- Lars' dream, given the kind of doctor that he had been. ]