#but when we get to TWK shes all “i DONT need comfort” and yet she wants it.. and the main person she expresses wanting it from is now carda

[deathsweetblossoms]

...I take my stuffed animals and seat them next to me on the rug. Once, they were a reminder that there was a time before Faerieland, when things were normal. Once, they were a comfort to me. I take a long last look, and then, one by one, I feed them to the flames. I am no longer a child. I don't need comfort. (TWK Ch 4)

Only under the (bath)water can I allow myself to weep. Only under the water can I admit that I almost died and that I was so terrified and that I wish there was someone to whom I could tell all that. (TWK Ch 20)

All I want to do is walk into (Cardan's) arms. I want to drown my worries in his embrace. I want him to say something totally unlike himself, about things being okay. (TWK Ch 21)