Random Thoughts and Plots

A Stray's Passing

"I'm sorry, RaeLynn. It's dead."

RaeLynn was kneeling by the still body of a grey cat. Her watery eyes looked at their mother as she leaned into Felix. First, came a whimper, as though she was holding back her emotions or denying the facts. Then, a sob bubbled to the surface followed by a series of more sobs as tears slid down her face.

Felix was rubbing her shaking shoulders as he spoke up, "Your tears are illogical. You didn't know it all that well."

"Felix..." RaeLynn looked at her brother, "I... I felt her. I-I could hear her thoughts. She was in pain and she wanted to see her family. And I couldn't help her. I just sat there watching her be in pain." RaeLynn covered her face as she cried. It took at least a minute for her to calm down to sniffles so that she could continue, "Did you see how her pupils widened just before she started gasping and jerking? How they stared right at me? I... I think... I believe that at that moment, that her soul was released from her body and it brushed against mine for a second. I could feel it calling out to me and my soul wanted to reach out, but I couldn't. I wanted but just couldn't."

Yami hovered nearby as she looked at RaeLynn, "You love so much, RaeLynn. You had only recently met the cat with a desire to give aid and you created a connection."

Felix let out a humorous scoff, "If only I could do the same thing."

RaeLynn choked out a laugh, "Human connections are harder, trust me. I just wish that I could have done something for her to make it less painful."

Yami soothingly rubbed RaeLynn's arm, "You did everything you could to make her comfortable when there was nothing we could do for what happened. You did your best."

RaeLynn broke down into more sobs while Felix and Yami held her. Yami hummed between sentences, "You did the best you could. Don't worry. The pain is just the connection you just made keeping itself together. It will always stay with you."