[this speaks leagues, then, of the fact that wanda is as powerful as kyle may have surmised her to be, and yet not even her magic could have saved her children.
and even if they had been brought to this world with magic, were made from her magic? the pregnancy, their birth, the growing painsβit was all too real. she knows she is a mother, because she still aches for them, just as if they had been brought into the world in the most conventional of ways. it is easier to remember them this way than with their panic-stricken, tearful faces, begging her to not hurt them.
wanda raises her head to look up as billy jogs back over to them, crunching over leaves and dodging roots on the way. his arms are outstretched, hands carrying over a small treasure. she puts her hand out to him, a small smile on her face.]
Look, mom.
[she receives into her hand a rock with a hole in it, one that looks a bit like a heart if one turns it at an angle.]
I'll keep it safe for you, okay? βgo.
[the boy smiles big and then returns to the other two, giggles exploding between the three. wanda wraps her hand around the rock.]
The changes in the Horizon last month brought them forth. I haven't had the heart to let them go, especially since they've found a friend in Rousma.
[speaking of,]
Why do you keep her in the shape of a dog, and as a skeleton?
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[this speaks leagues, then, of the fact that wanda is as powerful as kyle may have surmised her to be, and yet not even her magic could have saved her children.
and even if they had been brought to this world with magic, were made from her magic? the pregnancy, their birth, the growing painsβit was all too real. she knows she is a mother, because she still aches for them, just as if they had been brought into the world in the most conventional of ways. it is easier to remember them this way than with their panic-stricken, tearful faces, begging her to not hurt them.
wanda raises her head to look up as billy jogs back over to them, crunching over leaves and dodging roots on the way. his arms are outstretched, hands carrying over a small treasure. she puts her hand out to him, a small smile on her face.]
Look, mom.
[she receives into her hand a rock with a hole in it, one that looks a bit like a heart if one turns it at an angle.]
I'll keep it safe for you, okay? βgo.
[the boy smiles big and then returns to the other two, giggles exploding between the three. wanda wraps her hand around the rock.]
The changes in the Horizon last month brought them forth. I haven't had the heart to let them go, especially since they've found a friend in Rousma.
[speaking of,]
Why do you keep her in the shape of a dog, and as a skeleton?