[That makes her laugh, the part about him still training. Of course, she doesn't want him to stop training, just to take it easier, to stop hurting himself.
More than fifteen years of peace. It's incredible how that seems as a very long time when it really isn't, but for the past sixteen years her live hasn't been really that peaceful. Not for long periods of time, so to hear that is... A relief. She laughs again and it drowns her tears, it gives her enough strength to start to pick herself up. Because that's what she has always done, pick herself up after crumbling, because strong women don't need someone else to do it for them. She's slightly ashamed for having crumbled in front of someone, she always tries hard to be alone, to not do it where people can see her. But the shock was just too big.
She looks at Bulla again, no more staring but looking at the child. The teenager. And she smiles fondly.]
I'm so glad you've taken after me. You're gorgeous! Here... Let me hug you.
[Let her see that she's real. That Bulla is really there and real, a living being with a pumping heart. Her daughter. The proof and testimony of how her wish would one day be granted.]
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More than fifteen years of peace. It's incredible how that seems as a very long time when it really isn't, but for the past sixteen years her live hasn't been really that peaceful. Not for long periods of time, so to hear that is... A relief. She laughs again and it drowns her tears, it gives her enough strength to start to pick herself up. Because that's what she has always done, pick herself up after crumbling, because strong women don't need someone else to do it for them. She's slightly ashamed for having crumbled in front of someone, she always tries hard to be alone, to not do it where people can see her. But the shock was just too big.
She looks at Bulla again, no more staring but looking at the child. The teenager. And she smiles fondly.]
I'm so glad you've taken after me. You're gorgeous! Here... Let me hug you.
[Let her see that she's real. That Bulla is really there and real, a living being with a pumping heart. Her daughter. The proof and testimony of how her wish would one day be granted.]