Calm Before The Storm, Jake Sully

043, Seizure.

♯┆calm before the storm .ᐟ
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     Luck was not on Denahi's side. From the moment Lo'ak went missing, luck decided to test her patience. It was growing thin. Nothing seemed to be going right for Denahi. From an unresolved dispute between her sons and Ao'nung, to Lo'ak going missing and now this— Kiri unconscious on the ground, for reasons that Denahi could not understand. What had happened?

Multiple prayers went through her brain, hoping her begging would wake her daughter again. Waiting around with tear-filled eyes, squeezing Kiri's limbs. How could this have happened to her daughter? A daughter that minded her own business. Didn't get involved with too much trouble. Denahi's head lifted when she saw Ronal and Tsireya walking into the pod, "Oh, thank Eywa!"

"Am I needed here?" Ronal asked when she looked at the Avatar's working on Kiri. Denahi nodded her head before ushering the Avatar's away, telling them that the Tsahìk needed to come help.

Ronal kneeled beside Kiri and began to poke at her stomach. She blew into Kiri's side and then exhaled into the air around them.

Her fingernails had been chewed down to the bone. Nothing but scarce. Denahi fell into a deep sigh of relief when she watched as unconscious Kiri began to stir awake. Her cries entering the sounds of their pod.

"Oh, Kiri..." Denahi whispered to her daughter before leaning down next to her, "My strong daughter." Kiri wrapped her arms around Denahi, seeking comfort, "It is okay. You are okay. I am here..."

And when the night fell, Jake needed to take Denahi to their new favourite part of Awa'atlu. She watched with pinned ears as Jake paced up and down because something had seemed to be bothering him.

Denahi sighed and placed her hands onto his shoulders, keeping him still, "What is troubling you, Ma'Jake?" He grumbled in response. His mind was racing with that Max and Norm had told him about Kiri. Jake's palms landed on her hips, squeezing at the flesh before letting out another sigh.

"It's about Kiri..." The seizure had to come with a diagnosis. Denahi knew this. It was all too sudden for Kiri and Jake didn't want to cause more stress to her weak body, "I don't know how to explain this. Kiri has epilepsy. Bonding... triggers it." Denahi's expression dropped at the explanation. Epilepsy? Bonding can trigger it? Connecting with the Spirit Tree was personal to Kiri.

"Does that mean... How will she meet Grace again?" Denahi asked, tears whelming in her eyes at thought of Kiri losing connection to her biological mother. Denahi understood that feeling— knowing she could not meet Mukata or her parents within Awa'atlu.

And it was painful.

Jake's hand moved to cover her cheek, "If she connects, baby, we don't know what that could do to her." Meaning, she could possibly drown or have another seizure again. How could they explain to their daughter that she could not see her mother again? "We got lucky the kids were with her."

"Ever? Ever again?" Denahi questioned. Kiri had had no issue within the forest, but here? Jake nodded his head. She could not bond with the Spirit Tree once again.