« to see you, i had to— ” a small pause, where his voice threatened to break and fail him, which he just barely managed to prevent with a shallow exhale in an attempt to stall for time to regain his composure, “ know you were alright, see it for myself. ”
whatever memories he might hold of her are distant, lost to time and the young age at which they'd been separated, where one's memory was not quite as clear and reliant yet, but he'd always 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 of her, and, oftentimes, 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅. he was not exactly supposed to »
« long to figure out what it was, but now he was here and could barely manage a nod when she spoke. she knew who he was. she 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘.
“ yes. ” he answered quietly, tongue feeling heavy with sudden, overwhelming emotion, slinging around his chest like a tight knot, “ i had »
« separated from as a mere infant, and neither must she.
at long last, he seems to find his voice, hands clasping before him as he halts, curious gaze lingering on a face so much like his own, “ . . . aedgyth? ”
the familiarity, the likeness, he spots in @ALIMITIEA's features is almost too stunning to proceed as he approaches, hesitantly, any words he may want to say failing him in that moment —— it's her, without a single doubt, even if he remembers nothing of the twin he'd been »
@PRAELUXI ╱ do it do it, let's write everything the twins were robbed of 🤲 lmao i feel like even HE doesn't know he had a twin sister but in my head, he always feels like a part of him is missing because twins have that bond