Believe me, I will follow you boys anywhere. I have no fears there.
[Whether that is to remain in Folkmore, to return to New York, or to journey on forward to another realm entirely, Rue will be right there following at their heels, dragging Hob behind them.
But then Casey asks the most important question and the owlbear doesn't even hesitate in answering.]
In the life I lived before, I was completely untethered. An honored member of a court I had no love for, raised in a place that never once felt like home, with fae who never felt like family. I thought of myself as orphaned, forever drifting between parties so that I never had a single moment to myself to realize how I felt like a stranger within my own home. After thousands of years of wanting nothing but family and connections, I found I was still bound to no one, adrift with nowhere to land.
And then, out of pure luck during a Bloom, I met Hob and finally I had a single tether to cling to, someone who understood, how lost and aimless and alone I'd felt the whole of my life. And then I lost him too.
But in the wake of that, I realized my connections with Donnie and Leo and Peter had grown stronger than I ever thought myself capable of, and then there was you and Raph and darling Hunter. Then suddenly, I had not one but six ties stretching back to me, a cottage of my own but one that I could share with each of you, a place made into a home by all of the love you all brought into it.
[It's a very roundabout answer, but Rue feels the history is important. Rue did not grow up like the Hamatos or Casey, deeply loved and cared for. For many a millennia, Rue was just simply alone.
Their talon hooks gently under Casey's chin, angling it up just enough where Rue can meet his gaze. It must be no surprise that they are radiant in their joy getting to answer this.]
You all are my heartbeat, my every happiness, the very reason the sun rises each day in my life. There is nothing I wouldn't do for any of you. I can not think of a single thing more important.
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[Whether that is to remain in Folkmore, to return to New York, or to journey on forward to another realm entirely, Rue will be right there following at their heels, dragging Hob behind them.
But then Casey asks the most important question and the owlbear doesn't even hesitate in answering.]
In the life I lived before, I was completely untethered. An honored member of a court I had no love for, raised in a place that never once felt like home, with fae who never felt like family. I thought of myself as orphaned, forever drifting between parties so that I never had a single moment to myself to realize how I felt like a stranger within my own home. After thousands of years of wanting nothing but family and connections, I found I was still bound to no one, adrift with nowhere to land.
And then, out of pure luck during a Bloom, I met Hob and finally I had a single tether to cling to, someone who understood, how lost and aimless and alone I'd felt the whole of my life. And then I lost him too.
But in the wake of that, I realized my connections with Donnie and Leo and Peter had grown stronger than I ever thought myself capable of, and then there was you and Raph and darling Hunter. Then suddenly, I had not one but six ties stretching back to me, a cottage of my own but one that I could share with each of you, a place made into a home by all of the love you all brought into it.
[It's a very roundabout answer, but Rue feels the history is important. Rue did not grow up like the Hamatos or Casey, deeply loved and cared for. For many a millennia, Rue was just simply alone.
Their talon hooks gently under Casey's chin, angling it up just enough where Rue can meet his gaze. It must be no surprise that they are radiant in their joy getting to answer this.]
You all are my heartbeat, my every happiness, the very reason the sun rises each day in my life. There is nothing I wouldn't do for any of you. I can not think of a single thing more important.