09 | location: old city sanctuary | refused to have
She'd lost many people over the years; many friends, lovers. And family. She'd stopped allowing herself to get close to people long ago. After Ashley had died that distance had only increased.
It had been over a year since she'd lost her. A year that Helen had spent trying to move on. Trying to bury her pain.
A year that she now felt that she'd failed in. Taxon had brought her back... That wasn't true. Taxon had given her Ashley's ghost. The sight of her, although brief, brought to the surface everything that she'd fought. The Sanctuary reminded Helen of her already - the home that she'd made, the life that Ashley had brought to it. It was that reason that found Helen in the shooting range. Helen had taught Ashley a lot there, as much as she'd at first hated doing so but Ashley had been persistent. She'd inherited her stubbornness. The shooting range had been somewhere that Ashley came to unwind, or simply to refine her skills. And seeing her here after she'd entered, after shooting herself had seemed a little natural. Except it didn't help. Not like it had in the past. Not like it did for Ashley.
It had been over a year since she'd lost her. A year that Helen had spent trying to move on. Trying to bury her pain.
A year that she now felt that she'd failed in. Taxon had brought her back... That wasn't true. Taxon had given her Ashley's ghost. The sight of her, although brief, brought to the surface everything that she'd fought. The Sanctuary reminded Helen of her already - the home that she'd made, the life that Ashley had brought to it. It was that reason that found Helen in the shooting range. Helen had taught Ashley a lot there, as much as she'd at first hated doing so but Ashley had been persistent. She'd inherited her stubbornness. The shooting range had been somewhere that Ashley came to unwind, or simply to refine her skills. And seeing her here after she'd entered, after shooting herself had seemed a little natural. Except it didn't help. Not like it had in the past. Not like it did for Ashley.