[It's much the same thing for Teddy; he's alive and he doesn't know what to do. What's a teenager supposed to do when the one guiding figure in his life is gone?
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Pick up the pieces, glue them together as best as you can, and keep going.
His mother died for him to protect him, to ensure that he kept living. Her last words were that his real mother wanted to protect him too, even from her own people, even from ones she considered her friends.
It was by their love that he was kept alive and, though he's always unsure about bringing his religious upbringing into anything, he's sure there was some higher power at work for keeping them all alive, too. God, or whatever anyone else believed in, whatever his mom and mother believed in. They were all put here for a reason, even if it's not an important one.
He's still looking for his reason, and his mom ensured that he'd find it.
Teddy might not know what to do with his life, even less so when he'll return home. But his mom, his mother, even his father, gave him the chance to find it.
His tears slow, enough that he can just shift again and make them stop completely, although he doesn't make a move to wipe them away just yet. He still sits there, arms around his stomach now, thinking about all kinds of things and letting his grief settle.
He just needs a few more minutes, he knows it. Then he can stand up, wash his face and...]
[Action, October 25th]
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Pick up the pieces, glue them together as best as you can, and keep going.
His mother died for him to protect him, to ensure that he kept living. Her last words were that his real mother wanted to protect him too, even from her own people, even from ones she considered her friends.
It was by their love that he was kept alive and, though he's always unsure about bringing his religious upbringing into anything, he's sure there was some higher power at work for keeping them all alive, too. God, or whatever anyone else believed in, whatever his mom and mother believed in. They were all put here for a reason, even if it's not an important one.
He's still looking for his reason, and his mom ensured that he'd find it.
Teddy might not know what to do with his life, even less so when he'll return home. But his mom, his mother, even his father, gave him the chance to find it.
His tears slow, enough that he can just shift again and make them stop completely, although he doesn't make a move to wipe them away just yet. He still sits there, arms around his stomach now, thinking about all kinds of things and letting his grief settle.
He just needs a few more minutes, he knows it. Then he can stand up, wash his face and...]