He spoke the truth, but it didn't ease the underlying hurt she felt that he hadn't appeared to desire to raise them himself. War had ruined her, as it had ruined so many things she felt were good. But it was wrong to continue to think about the past as she did, with such obsession that it continued to hurt what she could become. Andrezej had left her months before. Why did the war still haunt her? Haku had never been a shadow that followed her as he had been Gabriel's, but no longer did her uncle's golden eye stare back at her from the shadows. They were replaced with blue. A memory she had never stopped to think of.
She nodded again, having faith that Gabriel knew what he spoke of better than she ever could. God had killed the others but had given her these, the two who could be seen as monsters if she chose to release the truth of their lineage to the world. She watched as he turned to nudge her son back onto the bed, the little boy batting at the larger nose as he toppled slightly to the side. It was the right choice to send him away.
"I think God's forgiven me finally. Priest, he...has a marking on his face? Like the necklace you wear?" She knew what the cross was, but it felt wrong to describe her son's dark stripes in such a way if it wasn't truly such a thing. Perhaps it was an anomaly that would go away over time, but for now she clung to it with hope that her life would be better.
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