[As she suspected. Uncurling her fingers, Venat gestures widely to emphasize her words.]
But you did not. And whether or not you would have succumbed alone, you were not alone. Quite to the contrary, you had someone there to help and support you. Someone who did help and support you, because they valued you, your life and your presence in theirs. That was not luck or coincidence, but your own strength and conviction building from the past to the present, in a different form but no less yours because of that.
[Stepping forward, Venat reaches out to lay a hand on the girl's shoulder. Physical contact is not normal for her, by any means... what with coming from a terrifically repressed and impersonal society, then spending twelve millennia entirely alone in the depths of the aetherial sea. But new times call for new adaptations, and if this will help Aubrey, then no more need be thought about it.]
You are not weak, Aubrey. You are human. With all the flaws, and all the virtues, that come with that. And how could we feel let down, when you faced such a terrible challenge, yet overcame it and came back to us? Rather, I am proud, and glad.
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Date: 2024-06-02 09:41 pm (UTC)But you did not. And whether or not you would have succumbed alone, you were not alone. Quite to the contrary, you had someone there to help and support you. Someone who did help and support you, because they valued you, your life and your presence in theirs. That was not luck or coincidence, but your own strength and conviction building from the past to the present, in a different form but no less yours because of that.
[Stepping forward, Venat reaches out to lay a hand on the girl's shoulder. Physical contact is not normal for her, by any means... what with coming from a terrifically repressed and impersonal society, then spending twelve millennia entirely alone in the depths of the aetherial sea. But new times call for new adaptations, and if this will help Aubrey, then no more need be thought about it.]
You are not weak, Aubrey. You are human. With all the flaws, and all the virtues, that come with that. And how could we feel let down, when you faced such a terrible challenge, yet overcame it and came back to us? Rather, I am proud, and glad.