She’s older, mature in a sense of noting a difference between the young child the bond had originally established and the woman who stood before her —————- oh, hell, SHE’S BEAUTIFUL. Remnants of a motherly responsibility spun around in vivid dancing circles, and it mirrored in her eyes, bright and blue pools of water —- a sea in which the beautiful copper coiled woman would happily drown in for her sake. It were moments in which the thick line separating just how close they were to be would be forgotten. ( she is not yours , however you both smile as if she is yours , and as if she were yours . ) You are the guardian who sought her freedom, who opened the window and silently offered a path to RUN. It’s a happy life you’ve offered her , perhaps it is why she loves you so dearly. Gentle fingertips yearned to gently brush through raven locks, feel the tender brutality that rested inside that hummingbird’s heart. There’s tears welling up in her eyes, a beautiful smile wobbling at painted lips. In her eyes, there laid a sort of pride, something that made that lionheart pound deep and strong. She’d nodded, opening up arms to a home that the girl held the key to. “ —— I never thought I’d ever see you again. After what happened, what he did — “