“What a sweet little thing…”

She whispers, holding the adolescent by the chin before releasing her touch.

Your mind clouds at the sight of her, your mother…

No.

She stopped being your mother when she abandoned you in the middle of nowhere.

Ever since the Astarl Express picked you up, you haven’t thought of that woman for another second.

If you could, you’d turn in her for her bounty. You couldn’t care less about that woman.

“Aw~ darling aren’t you happy to see me?”

The audacity of this woman. The sheer idea that I thought about her at all. It made your stomach churn in and out.

The day replays in your head, the abandonment. The way she didn’t look back twice after it was in her “script”.

“Well?”

Her voice snaps you out of your thoughts, just staring at her.