Punch-
Thump-
Due to the hit being an absolute sucker punch, Syl immediately lost consciousness.
Her mind started drifting. Even unconscious, her thoughts did not rest. The Fox girl had become more than she was before. The Fox girl had…
A face surfaced.
It wasn't kind, nor warm. She couldn't truly see that face. She couldn't remember it.
She could, however, remember the expression it bore.
That face had been twisted in disappointment, steeped in sadness so heavy it sank into Syl's bones. The expression burned itself into her.
It was her first memory.
With time, she couldn't tell anymore whether it was truly memory or imagination.
Still, Syl couldn't shake that expression. The expression that the woman bore mere moments after giving birth to her daughter.
There was only deep sadness and despair in those eyes.
Nevertheless, the child was born.
