Chapter 773: Thera's Perspective
It felt like only a moment had passed by the time Thera awoke but once she began to stir she shot up, memories of the day before flooding her thoughts in a way that took a second to be sure wasn’t just a lingering dream, leaving her putting her head in her hands by the time she was certain.
It hadn’t even been a day since she’d in essence adopted her cousin after he’d been dropped on her doorstep and she was feeling just as out of her depth then as she was the day before, maybe even more so now that her anger at her aunt had faded, leaving only what she would do from there.
Thera had never expected to have children, the idea dismissed far back in her youth in the same way she’d expected to avoid romance as well because of the difference in lifespan there was sure to be in the end but now, even though it looked like she’d been given a child who could outlive her, she didn’t know what to do about it. How did anyone raise a kid in the first place, let alone one that was in essence the closest thing to a god that existed in the mortal realm without having true divinity?
“...Okay, first things first, I need to talk to aunty,” She muttered as she forced herself up, getting dressed and out of her room, gaining just a bit of peace from hearing Ben talking in Mora’s room, going on about sculpting from the sounds of it and helping to keep the young spirit occupied as she went to see Sonya, gently knocking on her door.
She got no answer but as bad as she felt about it she didn’t let up until her aunt awoke, letting out a groggy voice for her efforts.
“Mmh, what is it?”
“Aunty, it’s me, can I come in?”
“Mmh, sure dear, come on.”
It sounded like she was ready to go back to sleep at any second so Thera wasted no time, letting herself in and sitting at the edge of her aunt’s bed while she in turn looked like she was doing her best to stay awake, right up until Thera spoke up.