#edited bc ava fell saving tula not jaysohn

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the fact that tula’s death and ava’s death were radically different

tula in the snow, taking a moment of respite that she wished could go on forever, and only getting up bc she knew she needed to be there for her kids. her heart slowing so much, and then rapidly beating faster and faster, keeping her body warm so that lila and jaysohn would be warm in her embrace. it is her duty to protect and raise them, but it is her love that gave her the strength to continue forward

ava, who was never any good at dying. seeing kenji die and thinking, “i must have made a mistake. it should have been me, not him.” falling into the blue in order to save her daughter and, perhaps, thinking, “finally.” coming back cold, heart unbeating, because her only value is fighting and making sure her mistake with her husband never happens again. she doesn’t need to be warm to protect her family

and in the end, tula learns to rest and ava learns to be warm. they both came back through self-sacrificing love, but their family loves them too and will work to make sure they know that