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He saw her smile, though couldn’t help but allow a slight furrow dig into his forehead. The possibility of failure was troublesome to consider, and Pandemic was quick to worry. Too quick, he knew, but he couldn’t help but fear it. He had already drifted so far from the rest, and it was all he could do to keep the deceitful tide in check. He would never know his younger siblings as he knew Salvia. It didn’t just fall on the fact that she was his litter sibling, but he had never been there with the rest of his sisters while they grew up. More than one sibling had perished, but he hadn’t felt that much of a loss when he learned that their last breaths had been taken. There was the obligatory love for family members, but he hadn’t known them at all. The fact that he hadn’t mourned saddened him. It was too much.
Eris didn’t blame him for his neglect, and it did help. Black lips softened with a genuine smile, knowing not all was lost. He could make his amends, and one day perhaps everything could be good—could be as it should have been all along. His mother moved to rest her head against his broad chest. There was soft thunder deep within his throat, but only of muted contentment at this reunion of sorts. Eris and Pan had become distant as well, though it seemed not to have jeopardized her love for her son. He had underestimated her, and was glad to discover this misstep.
There was only so much sentimentality he could deal with. He could worry and fret, but he preferred matters to be simple and clear. ”Not your fault.” It had been for the greater good, and since he had failed at this expensive task, he would have to make up for both time and the expenses it had brought Salsola. There was much he had to do. The black beast bent slightly down and placed a wet kiss on top of the Eternity woman’s head. ”I love you, mother.” Always. She was the only parent that was left.
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