what we leave behind

VAI The huntress "You're my idiot," Vai assured him with a warm smile, shaking her head to him. "It isn't easy for anyone, Remi, but... you were there. You're left behind now. Don't... please, don't think you have to put on a brave face for me." Watching him with Aoife, she couldn't help but feel a warmth kindle in her chest. Ronin's daughter would never be left wanting, that was for certain. Quietly the witch returned to her place kneeling beside Remi, gently laying out the shirts before starting to work on the mobile, quietly and slowly and seemingly without direction. It would look how it looked - that was how it usually went. "I thought I might make Aoife a blanket, or something, out of those..." She nodded at the clothes. "They'll smell like him, so maybe it will help to calm her down."