K'luha watched her grandmother desperately, searching for a sign. A head nod, anything at all. If her hip was in better shape she would have gotten up and grabbed her grandmothers hand to beg further, but another figure caught her eye. K'jhanhi stood and lumbered towards her. K'luha held her breath, the anxiety making her dizzy.
"Grandfather...?" She half whispered as he pressed his hands to her shoulders heavily. K'luha could barely meet his gaze, embarrassed and frantic and so many emotions pulling her in all directions. She wanted to run and scream and beat them all up and she wanted to hug her Grandmother and sob and she wanted to grab Tahj and K'ailia and tell them what they met to her and...
Her mind quieted to listen to her Grandfather's words. Must... let go?
'No... no please... I let go of so many... must I let go of more?' K'luha thought, her mouth opening but the words refusing to come forth. Her brothers, her son, her daughter, her aunt, so many of her own family and now she was supposed to let go of K'ile as well? She couldn't... she didn't want to. K'luha wouldn't. She wouldn't let go of K'ailia or K'ile. They were too precious little of what family she held close. If she just kept letting of, soon there would be no one but herself standing in the middle of the desert with nothing but sorrow, and then she would be swallowed whole by it.
But K'jhanhi spoke further and K'luha could have almost hugged him. But his stern words still sent chills down her spine. A nod of her head was all she could do at first, but after a moment she pressed her hands to her face and inhaled shakily.
"Y-yes I... I will take responsibility for this... I'll... I-i'll find him. K'ile will c-come home. I'll... I bring back... I'll bring back both. K'ile and the trinket. He'll come with me. I can... he will." K'luha stumbled over her words, still feeling dizzy. The weight of her new responsibility was weighing heavily onto her shoulders. She had to... to lie down for a time. Before she could collect K'ailia's things and... and go back to Ul'dah. Maybe there would be some way to find him in Ul'dah. Maybe... She had to hope. She had to pray Azyema would bring K'ile to her. "I will bring both back with me." K'luha asserted a final more certain time, her head raising to look back at her Grandfather with defiant eyes.
"Grandfather...?" She half whispered as he pressed his hands to her shoulders heavily. K'luha could barely meet his gaze, embarrassed and frantic and so many emotions pulling her in all directions. She wanted to run and scream and beat them all up and she wanted to hug her Grandmother and sob and she wanted to grab Tahj and K'ailia and tell them what they met to her and...
Her mind quieted to listen to her Grandfather's words. Must... let go?
'No... no please... I let go of so many... must I let go of more?' K'luha thought, her mouth opening but the words refusing to come forth. Her brothers, her son, her daughter, her aunt, so many of her own family and now she was supposed to let go of K'ile as well? She couldn't... she didn't want to. K'luha wouldn't. She wouldn't let go of K'ailia or K'ile. They were too precious little of what family she held close. If she just kept letting of, soon there would be no one but herself standing in the middle of the desert with nothing but sorrow, and then she would be swallowed whole by it.
But K'jhanhi spoke further and K'luha could have almost hugged him. But his stern words still sent chills down her spine. A nod of her head was all she could do at first, but after a moment she pressed her hands to her face and inhaled shakily.
"Y-yes I... I will take responsibility for this... I'll... I-i'll find him. K'ile will c-come home. I'll... I bring back... I'll bring back both. K'ile and the trinket. He'll come with me. I can... he will." K'luha stumbled over her words, still feeling dizzy. The weight of her new responsibility was weighing heavily onto her shoulders. She had to... to lie down for a time. Before she could collect K'ailia's things and... and go back to Ul'dah. Maybe there would be some way to find him in Ul'dah. Maybe... She had to hope. She had to pray Azyema would bring K'ile to her. "I will bring both back with me." K'luha asserted a final more certain time, her head raising to look back at her Grandfather with defiant eyes.
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