“You once told me that when the world seems darkest, there exists the greatest opportunity for light.” She nods at me in the mirror, but then her eyes fill again. “Sometimes I worry that the light can be doused too easily.” “Then we just light it again,” I say, even though I’m not sure this is true. But I can’t look at her tearstained face and say anything else. Again, I’m reminded of my mother, how she stood by my father for so long, even though he kept making the wrong decisions. I think of Rhen, and I wonder if I’m doing the same thing. My voice almost wavers and I have to steady it. “We
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im in my FEELS omg i love these characters so deeply
