19. Prompt? Ummm how about the time Tula died? Kaldur comes home and you(Sha'lain'a) try comforting him.
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It doesn't take a genius to figure this out. The news is everywhere when the king and his apprentice returned from the surface. Tula, who became Aquagirl, had died in the line of duty. Her son, she knew, would be devastated at this news. In fact, she knows very well how he would react.
He would hide it until he is somewhere safe enough to allow his emotions to take over. He always goes to one place- his supposedly private one where he thinks- to do so.
Today, he returned home and Calvin is there trying to talk to him but Kaldur doesn't seem incline to listen.
It is this time, Sha'lain'a treads carefully with her child. She knew he had loved Tula even though he gave up on her for the girl's own happiness and Garth, his best friend.
Calvin had things to do, so it was this time that she decided to see to her child in peace.
It doesn't take words- no, they don't need those things to convey what they mean. All she had to do was open her arms for him and her son came to her. Emotions are raw, as if he couldn't hold it in any longer and cracked.
She can't offer comforting words for him, because it wouldn't be enough. It wouldn't make this fine again. So, she does the best she can do and just held him, humming softly a childhood song she often sang to him when he was little.
Sometimes silent comfort is what is most needed.