[ Mako says quietly, because it's a tremendous moment, it's overwhelming, and it's a wonder she manages to stay so cool at all. But then again, Mako's had lots of training, keeping her emotions under lock and key even if Raleigh's here, and there's nothing more she wants to do than to hold him tight, to take him into her arms and to make up for lost time.
But the hurt stretches between them, an immeasurable chasm, and she's cautious, careful when she says: ] She'll be a year old, next month.
[ Because he should know, he should figure it out, because she doesn't want to say it, not when it'd only been Mako and Eleanor for so, so long. She still misses him, she thinks -- she misses him and she loves him and it's painful to see him here, when the joy and the hope and the months spent without him mixes together and keeps her tongue tied. ]
you're going to hate me more for this
[ Mako says quietly, because it's a tremendous moment, it's overwhelming, and it's a wonder she manages to stay so cool at all. But then again, Mako's had lots of training, keeping her emotions under lock and key even if Raleigh's here, and there's nothing more she wants to do than to hold him tight, to take him into her arms and to make up for lost time.
But the hurt stretches between them, an immeasurable chasm, and she's cautious, careful when she says: ] She'll be a year old, next month.
[ Because he should know, he should figure it out, because she doesn't want to say it, not when it'd only been Mako and Eleanor for so, so long. She still misses him, she thinks -- she misses him and she loves him and it's painful to see him here, when the joy and the hope and the months spent without him mixes together and keeps her tongue tied. ]
She's my daughter.