[While she doesn't respond to that right away, Rin's eyes fly wide at Elda's words.
A mother who left her behind, to chat cheerfully to ghosts of ones no longer there. Who spoke her name but never saw her when their eyes met.
A girl who looks sad and never smiles, and she can never talk to seriously. Not even to ask a question. "Do you miss me as much as I miss you?"
A house that's too quiet. A house you can hear every sound in if you listen hard enough, whether your upstairs or downstairs, because it's been a decade since more than one person has really lived and breathed in it.
How it felt a little more alive when Archer was there, dependable and by her side. How much it hurt when even he left her.
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A mother who left her behind, to chat cheerfully to ghosts of ones no longer there. Who spoke her name but never saw her when their eyes met.
A girl who looks sad and never smiles, and she can never talk to seriously. Not even to ask a question. "Do you miss me as much as I miss you?"
A house that's too quiet. A house you can hear every sound in if you listen hard enough, whether your upstairs or downstairs, because it's been a decade since more than one person has really lived and breathed in it.
How it felt a little more alive when Archer was there, dependable and by her side. How much it hurt when even he left her.
How happy she was when a stupid boy rescued her.]