And then he tweaks her nose and she's basically five and sitting on her gram's lap and wow, she doesn't hate it, not at all. Her grams died soon after, and that was the only grandparent she had had.
Ella snaps back to reality and the fight feels pretty much lost. "You are Riley Falner, the Daywalker. And I'm just- well, I'm me, barely a vampire." She's not uncomfortable, she's happy, and maybe that's the problem. "I don't- How could I deserve this?"
This is what happens when you spent a lifetime with a father that didn't really think much of you. "What if I'm a disappointment?" It's a mutter, barely audible, but any Kindred listening would catch it without trouble.
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And then he tweaks her nose and she's basically five and sitting on her gram's lap and wow, she doesn't hate it, not at all. Her grams died soon after, and that was the only grandparent she had had.
Ella snaps back to reality and the fight feels pretty much lost. "You are Riley Falner, the Daywalker. And I'm just- well, I'm me, barely a vampire." She's not uncomfortable, she's happy, and maybe that's the problem. "I don't- How could I deserve this?"
This is what happens when you spent a lifetime with a father that didn't really think much of you. "What if I'm a disappointment?" It's a mutter, barely audible, but any Kindred listening would catch it without trouble.