>>6130006Your question is met with silence from your daughter, the only sound the gentle lapping of waves over the sand, the wind through the trees, the rustle of leaves as you wonder where you'd went wrong. Time after time you discover your children are facing hardships and not coming to you, but why? Do they not trust you? Have you not done enough, not given enough for them to entrust these things to you? Looking down, you don't see your daughter approach, hearing her kneel down beside you as she wraps her muscular arms around your head. Holding you to her chest.
“I'm sorry Dad. I never wanted to hurt you. But I didn't even consider how you would feel.” your daughter apologizes, you feeling something wet hitting your hair. “I thought I was helping, keeping these burdens off your shoulders. You already carry so much responsibility, so much rests on your shoulders, I didn't want you to have to worry about the things I take care of. With Maza and Koruza, and Chilli, I wanted to take the burden of their care upon myself. Solving what happened with them without having to bother you. You do so much for everyone, I wanted to take the burden of dealing with those issues on my shoulders. To lighten your load, even if just a little bit. I'm sorry, Dad.”
Wordlessly you reach up with your left, hugging your daughter to your side. There you both stay, until there is a sudden noise that breaks you both out of the moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo3nDUA3KWsImmediately your daughter sighs out, releasing you as she looks over you. Where you sense a sinister power appearing. You turn to look, only for Caulifla to grab you, throwing you off to her left. Tumbling through the air you stop yourself, only to turn and see a lance of crystal magic similar to Chilli's turning from Caulifla, it turning and following you! Immediately you brace yourself, crossing your arms to defend yourself. Only for the spear to pierce straight through them, going through both arms and into your chest!
“GYUAAH?!” you exclaim as the spear goes straight through your entire body, vision blurring as you can no longer breathe.
“DADDY!!?” Caulifla screams as your vision begins to fade, crashing to the ground and landing in a roll as your hearing fades into a ringing in your head. Despite the pain you get your hands and feet under you, landing on all fours. However, to your surprise as you look up you don't see any blood. Reaching up to your chest, there isn't a physical hole, you looking down and seeing no visible injury to your arms either. What in the hell was that attack?! With a gasp you force yourself to breathe, looking up to see your daughter standing over the dissolving red corpse of the attacker.
cont
