Birth of a goddess

[Megaera]

Izumi's Distress.

One day mother requested my presence.
She was worried about me, worried about us. Seeing that Shin's and Aya's death was tearing her family apart.
So I sat with her in the garden. There was a warm early autumn wind and there was worry on her face.

She asked me how I was holding up following their deaths. I looked at the ground, trying to drown out the memories.
I told her that I was doing better, that their deaths left their scars on me, but I would survive.
Subconsciously I touched the scars on my own body. I withdrew my hand when I caught myself doing that.
Mother took me into her embrace and in my minds eye, I could see Aya stand behind us, seething in anger.
Murderer... Sororicide... Fratricide... Monster...

Her image faded as quickly as it came and my mother released me from her embrace. The words remained in my mind.
I smiled at her, telling her I will be alright. I just need some time to adjust. I saw my mother's eyes were wet as she looked at me.
A tear ran over her cheek and I wiped it away for her. Monster... No. I am not.
I sat next to my mother and laid my head against her shoulder, while looking at the sky.

"I am no monster..." Before I realised I spoke out those words audibly, mother looked at me.
Her face looked confused and questioning.
"I am no monster." I repeated myself, this time louder. "I really am not..."
She asked where I got that idea from, looking worried now.
"Aya told me.."

With these words I stood up and walked off, leaving mother in a state of bewilderment.

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