crow

Oh?

...Ahah, I see. Very well. I'll be back soon.

I've had a change of heart, my girl.

This is a decent enough reason.

Take all of them back. Be good to them.

Ms. Candela?

An old friend of mine suddenly asked for a chat. I'm in a good mood.

Got it.

Come! We're picking up all this trash off the floor!

Yes, sir!

You're a brave one. You won a chance for them to live.

What's on your mind now?

I'm wondering if I should thank you.

Hahaha.

Ernesto told me about his lovely, well-behaved sister. I didn't pay him any mind at the time, but now it seems his appraisal was biased.

You know, my child? You should not have done this.

What you should have done is watch it all happen, and then turn and leave.

You are still young. You have the right to leave Bolívar.

What you've done today might have saved a few men, but thanks to this, I will remember you.

That's not a good thing.

I know.

I thought it through, and I decided to do this.

Your brother told me that this country's thorns are what brings him joy.

What about you? What do you think?

Hermano thought really, really hard about Bolívar.

At first, I wanted to be like him, but then I found out I can't do that.

I want more people that I can call family, who will stay by my side forever.

Even if you will not be related by blood?

Yes.

Even though we are not related by blood, I will always be my hermano's sister.

I will always be Papá's daughter.

If they don't want to leave, then I don't think I should leave, either.

It's that simple.

You remind me of back when I took over the city.

My father was a scumbag. This city is a mess that he left to me to sort out.

I had the ability to change it, but why should I have?

Tell me, why?

Because you're your papá's daughter?

It's not that simple, but it's also not that complicated.

I don't understand.

You will, one day.

Now go, mija.

You are a feather lifted off the ground by a fierce wind. The wind will destroy you without mercy... but if you are tenacious enough, you will see sights that you can see only in the storm.

Guapa, you know the store's not going to open. What are you doing spacing out here?

Who are you?

I talked to you before. You forgot?

I did.

Alright...

Here, this is for you.

Hmm?

Didn't you catch a thief before? The owner wanted to give you a reward, but couldn't find you. So it falls to me.

I had no idea where you were, but I figured that if you knew so much about this place, you might come back, so I held onto it for you.

Oh, you're the one who talked to me the other day.

That's what I just said!

What are you doing here?

My flower shop is just nearby.

A flower shop?

Yes, I used to be an athlete. I was in the Championship.

One day, I fell in the arena. Just as everyone was booing me on the ground, I saw a flower, like it was smiling at me.

So I left the sports world, and opened this shop.

Eh, wait!

...Do you have any lilacs?

Of course.

I want a bundle of them.

Are they for someone?

Si. For my family.