#𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙆𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 [ 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯 - 𝘈𝘤𝘵 𝘐 ]

[endlesscacophony]

@beycndfates said: “you can't control what fate has in store for us.” (Lumine for Aether — bc angst)

There appeared to be a great many number of things that Aether didn't understand, things that he just couldn't control, too many things outside of his grip that continuously slipped through his fingers. And while his sister was already on that list, already someone he had lost and was searching desperately for. He didn't quite realize just how intense that truth was, just how far the two had drifted in their time apart.

Here she was was, standing before him, just a few measly feet from each other, closer than they have been in who knows how many months - and she was more concerned about their fate, about Dainsleif, than she was about him. He thought, for a moment, that maybe she hadn't recognized him, that maybe their time apart had fogged her memory, that was why she didn't seem to care about him, care that he was even here before her. But no, as her gaze set heavily upon him, it was obvious that so much had changed, she was ... different than he remembered her.

Just how long was he truly asleep?

"Where is all of this coming from - ?" Confusion was a cloud in Aether's eyes as he watched her, watched the Abyss Herald that stood at attention behind her, as if guarding her from him? "Lumine, come on, this isn't like you."

Another step taken forward toward the person he's been spending all this time, all that research looking for, only to feel even further away from, further than he's ever felt in his life.

"We can figure this all out together, just come with me, please - !"