Lion of Prideless
Played by Twesh

Vermillion felt himself flinch a little as Wokabi shifted forwards towards him- No. His mind screamed and inwardly he braced for the hit of reality, the brick wall he was most definitely running towards right now. She reached for his shoulder. He inhaled deeply the wonderful aroma of his family, his daughter, and what few precious memories he had of her when she was little came rushing back to him all at once and brought a tear to his sea foam green eyes. Her head butt against his shoulder and he could have shattered then for he was glass. She was real. "You're all grown up." Vermillion spoke the sentence with a powerful emotion woven into each word- fluctuating between heart broken and utter pride. He had not gotten to see her transform into the young woman who stood here today, and perhaps fate was right to deny him that, but without him she'd done it. And hopefully she would be stronger for it. He hoped she'd be stronger than he, stronger than her mother. He suffered his hurt in silence- tried to choke down the emotion from his face so he could simply be happy for her, so that she could feel her Da's pride and none of his pain.
@Wokabi