04-04-2009, 11:05 AM
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Ryan nodded solemnly, replying in a lower voice (though Valkyrie wasn’t likely to catch on anyhow), "The other one didn’t make it." In fact, the little girl had never had a chance. Her spirit had never come into this world; it passed quietly from womb to the ethereal realm without ever making a pit stop. "We buried her by the shore. Valkyrie loves it so much, I figured she would too." Even though Ryan had given the stillborn child a name, she found that she didn’t often use it. To speak it aloud would make the matter more painful – to think that the child could have grown up alongside Valkyrie. Ryan’s little Gabriella.
Ryan nodded solemnly, replying in a lower voice (though Valkyrie wasn’t likely to catch on anyhow), "The other one didn’t make it." In fact, the little girl had never had a chance. Her spirit had never come into this world; it passed quietly from womb to the ethereal realm without ever making a pit stop. "We buried her by the shore. Valkyrie loves it so much, I figured she would too." Even though Ryan had given the stillborn child a name, she found that she didn’t often use it. To speak it aloud would make the matter more painful – to think that the child could have grown up alongside Valkyrie. Ryan’s little Gabriella.
Valkyrie had wandered a ways from the two adults, sniffing at the random odds and ends that the mansion housed. Ryan never took her daughter here and it was full of interesting things for the girl to check out. Now that the excitement from the haircut had faded, Valkyrie had to find entertainment elsewhere.