IC Inbox for Kaisou

[neverbreaks]

INBOX text / audio / video / action -supposed to be recording? Oh wait, there it goes. Uh, okay...this is Luisa Madrigal. If you need to reach me, I guess you can leave a message? That's how this works, right? art credit code credit

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[pan_acea]

[She kept stroking Luisa's hair and rubbing circles on her back. Where Luisa could not hug her as hard as she wanted, Julieta could. She hugged Luisa as tightly as her arms would let her. She shook her head.]

You don't need to apologize, mija, you were so brave. You did everything you could. You are amazing and you try so hard. You can cry, you can absolutely cry, but you don't need to apologize, mi vida.

[neverbreaks]

[ Her body trembles as another sob escapes her, and just like that the dam is broken. The tears start falling freely, quickly now that she's lost the strength to hold them back. All she can do is hold on to her mother as the sea of emotions threatens to consume her and drown her completely. ]

[pan_acea]

[She holds her daughter and lets her get it all out, willing to be there for as long as Luisa needed. She kept stroking her back and hair, never once letting go.]

That's it, let it all out, mija.

[neverbreaks]

[ It feels like hours that she just stands there in Julieta's arms, the tears flowing and a sob occasionally breaking the silence in the room. She can't remember how long it's been since she's cried so much - even during the disaster of a dinner with the Guzmáns and she'd been upset at losing her Gift, she hadn't felt nearly as torn open and raw as she does now.

Losing her Gift then had hurt, yes, and she had been so afraid of failing and letting everyone down. But it was if all the pressure she's held over the years came suddenly crashing over her, riding on the wave of having already failed, of trying to be strong and still not being good enough.

That the one thing she knew best how to do hadn't been enough to protect her family.

At long, long last, the tears start to slow and the silent sobs subside. There's still an ache deep inside her, but it's softened by the feeling of exhaustion, having cried herself until she was empty. ]