this is su manor, where she grew up. where she lived with her father and her mother, before she ever knew anything at all - before she knew just what sort of man her father was. this is the room where her mother lived, and... it's the room where her mother died.
jiuqing's heart clenches uncomfortably, and she finds herself moving to the bedside, reaching for that person's hand.]
—Mother.
[she's fifteen again, terrified and helpless.
this is a moment she's revisited against her will, over and over - in nightmares, when she sleeps fitfully. it's a moment she had never fully managed to put behind her.]
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this is su manor, where she grew up. where she lived with her father and her mother, before she ever knew anything at all - before she knew just what sort of man her father was. this is the room where her mother lived, and... it's the room where her mother died.
jiuqing's heart clenches uncomfortably, and she finds herself moving to the bedside, reaching for that person's hand.]
—Mother.
[she's fifteen again, terrified and helpless.
this is a moment she's revisited against her will, over and over - in nightmares, when she sleeps fitfully. it's a moment she had never fully managed to put behind her.]
Mother, I'm here...