Yeza woke up, only to explode into a shrill cry that made Khan pull her back into his embrace.
"Papa is sorry," Khan whispered, rocking Yeza after leaving a kiss on her short hair. "But your grandfather really wanted to see you, and I bet he would have loved you more than booze."
Yeza slowly calmed down, especially as Liiza joined the effort. Her mother's caresses eventually silenced her, making her voice happy sounds at the sight of her parents' faces.
"This is my father's tomb," Khan said, smiling at the happy Yeza, explaining something Liiza had already understood. "I buried him here, where my mother also died. He didn't want to leave her no matter what."
Liiza wished she had more hands, or that she could push down her husband, at least, to console him. That was the Niqols' way in the end, but the situation didn't really allow it.
