So sad, but such a good and unexpected use of the prompt.
And if you don't believe in an afterlife, the departed person is not in a better place. They're just gone, and there is no comfort to be found.
Sometimes, that becomes too much to bear.
I wasn't sure who Anna had lost here-- husband? Lover? Brother? But it was clear she was devastated, as was Shell in watching Anna drift into an emotional state she would never leave.
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Date: 2014-03-17 05:29 pm (UTC)And if you don't believe in an afterlife, the departed person is not in a better place. They're just gone, and there is no comfort to be found.
Sometimes, that becomes too much to bear.
I wasn't sure who Anna had lost here-- husband? Lover? Brother? But it was clear she was devastated, as was Shell in watching Anna drift into an emotional state she would never leave.