Keep doing things that would make him proud.
There was something reassuring in those words as she softly spoke; something that he couldn’t quite place his fingers on. They didn’t make him happy; they didn’t calm him or help him to feel like everything was okay. They were just… there. They helped him to see that he could continue and his father, perhaps, was still watching.
Deep down, Thomas knew it was just comforting talk but that’s exactly what it was. It comforted him in that moment and there were no more words to be said, no action that could be taken.
He couldn’t undo what had happened and he couldn’t go back in time to try and change it. He just had to continue and, as Zinnia had said, keep doing things that would make his father proud.
Thomas knew what he needed to do but right now, that was not on the table. He didn’t want to think about it.
And yet, that’s all he could do.
There was something reassuring in those words as she softly spoke; something that he couldn’t quite place his fingers on. They didn’t make him happy; they didn’t calm him or help him to feel like everything was okay. They were just… there. They helped him to see that he could continue and his father, perhaps, was still watching.
Deep down, Thomas knew it was just comforting talk but that’s exactly what it was. It comforted him in that moment and there were no more words to be said, no action that could be taken.
He couldn’t undo what had happened and he couldn’t go back in time to try and change it. He just had to continue and, as Zinnia had said, keep doing things that would make his father proud.
Thomas knew what he needed to do but right now, that was not on the table. He didn’t want to think about it.
And yet, that’s all he could do.
[FIN]