[ Her cough hasn't quite gone away, but she stands out in the early spring chill anyway- the snow is half-melted leaving puddles of mud and splotches of yellow green grass all around Mother's Heart. Ivy, with her incredibly limited vocabulary and Zero's own intuition, had worked together to discover that this evening's migraine inducing tantrum had been because Aloy would be coming home soon and she absolutely needed to greet her outside.
She knows Aloy will scold her for it. But if she had to choose between a toddler's screaming and a compromised immune system, she'd choose the latter ten out of ten times. They spent the cooler months at the base usually. The scar's of Zero's sickness had never truly gone away and she was prone to illness.
But again she'd been brought to a crossroads: Take care of two children under five by herself, or suffer through a winter out east but with help. Often when Aloy was gone for this long Zero would accompany her or travel to Meridian with Alana. Traveling with one infant had been doable, traveling with a child and an infant was panic inducing.
Ivy will not allow Zero to hold her, but she demands they hold hands. When Aloy's figure is finally visible from further down the hill she raises her hand and flexes her fingers- the prequel to an actual wave. Zero almost forgets this infant has been the bane of her existence for the last two months.
Ivy tugs and whines, again not wanting to let go of Zero's hand but very clearly wanting to propel the both of them forward. She gives in, and once they're in talking distance Ivy fights Zero's grip and Zero concedes.
Ivy hobbles toward Aloy. ]
Well you're a sight for sore eyes.
[ With age their reunions have become less fraught, much warmer. ]
no subject
She knows Aloy will scold her for it. But if she had to choose between a toddler's screaming and a compromised immune system, she'd choose the latter ten out of ten times. They spent the cooler months at the base usually. The scar's of Zero's sickness had never truly gone away and she was prone to illness.
But again she'd been brought to a crossroads: Take care of two children under five by herself, or suffer through a winter out east but with help. Often when Aloy was gone for this long Zero would accompany her or travel to Meridian with Alana. Traveling with one infant had been doable, traveling with a child and an infant was panic inducing.
Ivy will not allow Zero to hold her, but she demands they hold hands. When Aloy's figure is finally visible from further down the hill she raises her hand and flexes her fingers- the prequel to an actual wave. Zero almost forgets this infant has been the bane of her existence for the last two months.
Ivy tugs and whines, again not wanting to let go of Zero's hand but very clearly wanting to propel the both of them forward. She gives in, and once they're in talking distance Ivy fights Zero's grip and Zero concedes.
Ivy hobbles toward Aloy. ]
Well you're a sight for sore eyes.
[ With age their reunions have become less fraught, much warmer. ]