... I... I keep remembering waking up in a chair in my brother's office. It used to be comforting... I would fall asleep on it when I was waiting for him to finish work. I never understood what he was doing, not for a long time, but he'd take one of his jackets and put it over me.
And then when I took it over... it started smelling like leaves and fruit. Sweet, but not something identifiable on Earth. Redyue... she made the forest grow in there. She...
[A different story. A different time. One that's less panic-inducing.]
When I was little I used to try to climb trees. Nii-san and the maids never liked it, because I'd come home covered in dirt and they said it wasn't becoming of someone of my station, but I kept doing it. I think that was the first thing I did that nii-san didn't approve of. And one time.. I climbed too high on one of the trees on our home's grounds. It was spring... I couldn't have been older than seven or so.
I wanted to look at the leaves up close, so I got up onto a low branch and climbed my way up onto one that was probably... five or so meters up? I slipped and ended up hanging upside-down before I just lost my grip entirely. I tried to land all right, but I put too much weight on my foot and it slipped. I started crying and nii-san was the one to find me in the grass. He picked me up and let me cry into his shirt... I probably ruined it, actually. He carried me inside and wouldn't let anyone touch me until I had cried it out and apologized for being 'bad'. Someone drove us to the doctor... probably one of the chauffeurs. I just sprained it, but nii-san was with me the whole time. Father was probably away on a business trip... but he would have stayed with me anyway. He was... nii-san was kind.
[Not like... this thing.]
He was kind, even when others didn't see. He cared. He cared about me, and he cared about other people, even when he was stern. He...
[He sniffs and wipes his face.]
... Even if I think he did some things wrong... he cared.
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Date: 2016-04-16 06:49 pm (UTC)And then when I took it over... it started smelling like leaves and fruit. Sweet, but not something identifiable on Earth. Redyue... she made the forest grow in there. She...
[A different story. A different time. One that's less panic-inducing.]
When I was little I used to try to climb trees. Nii-san and the maids never liked it, because I'd come home covered in dirt and they said it wasn't becoming of someone of my station, but I kept doing it. I think that was the first thing I did that nii-san didn't approve of. And one time.. I climbed too high on one of the trees on our home's grounds. It was spring... I couldn't have been older than seven or so.
I wanted to look at the leaves up close, so I got up onto a low branch and climbed my way up onto one that was probably... five or so meters up? I slipped and ended up hanging upside-down before I just lost my grip entirely. I tried to land all right, but I put too much weight on my foot and it slipped. I started crying and nii-san was the one to find me in the grass. He picked me up and let me cry into his shirt... I probably ruined it, actually. He carried me inside and wouldn't let anyone touch me until I had cried it out and apologized for being 'bad'. Someone drove us to the doctor... probably one of the chauffeurs. I just sprained it, but nii-san was with me the whole time. Father was probably away on a business trip... but he would have stayed with me anyway. He was... nii-san was kind.
[Not like... this thing.]
He was kind, even when others didn't see. He cared. He cared about me, and he cared about other people, even when he was stern. He...
[He sniffs and wipes his face.]
... Even if I think he did some things wrong... he cared.