[It's a silly question, in light of how Alia has known Jessica's presence in this house since the instant she arrived, like an eclipse blotting out the sun, like the moon cracking in the sky. She feels it in every breath, every movement, the presence of her mother more all-consuming, even, than Paul's presence -- if only because she has never existed without Paul's. Jessica's, though...
Do you know you bore me, birthed me, raised me, left me, unable to bear the sight of what you'd done, the daughter you were charged to bear, born into a world without Leto, a mirror of you only, your miniature? You had matching veils made until I was seven, mother. You kept me close until you could bear me no longer, and then you left for the stars and I watched our son, our brother, our messiah wander into the desert to die alone. Do you know me?]
un: coan_tean
[It's a silly question, in light of how Alia has known Jessica's presence in this house since the instant she arrived, like an eclipse blotting out the sun, like the moon cracking in the sky. She feels it in every breath, every movement, the presence of her mother more all-consuming, even, than Paul's presence -- if only because she has never existed without Paul's. Jessica's, though...
Do you know you bore me, birthed me, raised me, left me, unable to bear the sight of what you'd done, the daughter you were charged to bear, born into a world without Leto, a mirror of you only, your miniature? You had matching veils made until I was seven, mother. You kept me close until you could bear me no longer, and then you left for the stars and I watched our son, our brother, our messiah wander into the desert to die alone. Do you know me?]