[ Maglor hums to him soothingly, listens without judgement or haste ]
Ah little hawk. Don't try to shoulder all the burdens of the world.
[ Hypocrite whispers his brother's ghost ]
You aren't meant to be Seel's healer, little hawk, nor his parent. Sometimes, you can't fix it. Sometimes, all you can do is be there. [ he says softly with low grief beneath his words ] Sometimes, that's all you can do, and sometimes it's enough. 'Should haves' will ruin you, Swift. You can't change the past - all you can change is what you do here, and now.
Seel's an adult. Or, well, he's supposed to be. [ He adds wryly, before the dry grin fades ] He needs to learn to not rely on you too much, also. Be there for him, Swift, But don't feel you have to fix him.
Some things, [ There's such a wealth of bleak knowing in his voice ] some things are unfixable - by you or him, or anyone saving the Valar, maybe, and even then I think not. But it helps, I found, for both the wounded, to sit together and simply be.
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Date: 2018-04-11 06:27 am (UTC)Ah little hawk. Don't try to shoulder all the burdens of the world.
[ Hypocrite whispers his brother's ghost ]
You aren't meant to be Seel's healer, little hawk, nor his parent. Sometimes, you can't fix it. Sometimes, all you can do is be there. [ he says softly with low grief beneath his words ] Sometimes, that's all you can do, and sometimes it's enough. 'Should haves' will ruin you, Swift. You can't change the past - all you can change is what you do here, and now.
Seel's an adult. Or, well, he's supposed to be. [ He adds wryly, before the dry grin fades ] He needs to learn to not rely on you too much, also. Be there for him, Swift, But don't feel you have to fix him.
Some things, [ There's such a wealth of bleak knowing in his voice ] some things are unfixable - by you or him, or anyone saving the Valar, maybe, and even then I think not. But it helps, I found, for both the wounded, to sit together and simply be.