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Gine picked up and straightened the last piece of furniture overturned, then something on the floor caught her eye.
There was a plush, violet pillow that looked like it was on top of something. She lifted it to reveal a small glass orb hiding underneath it. It was bright orange in color, and with four red stars embedded in it. Curiously, she picked it up and held it in her hand; it fit perfectly in her palm. She wondered what it was but could fathom no idea, but it was rather pretty though. And as Gine looked at her reflection in the orb, she felt a strange sense of ethereal energy emanating from what she held, like the sphere had some great untold mystery or otherworldly power that she couldn't possibly comprehend.
"Huh." Was all she could say as she set the orb on the table she straightened, atop of the pillow which she assumed it was supposed to be where it rested. She wasn't sure, but she thought it cast a subtle but eerie glow. Was it some sort of decoration or memorabilia? Whatever it was, she could ask Gohan about it later...
The bed where Kakarot was fast asleep on was thankfully not soaked from her extinguishing the fire earlier. Gine undressed and plopped herself onto it. To a Saiyan who spent a majority of her life sleeping on dirt or in cramped cots, the mattress she lay on was like floating on a cloud. On their first night here, Gine had fallen asleep too fast to truly appreciate it. Now she wasn't as tired, so she could feel the lavishing cotton sheets against her skin, and she wondered how someone like Gohan could live like royalty but also so humbly.
With little Kakarot snuggled against her and snoring away, Gine was able to relax, alone with her thoughts. It was the first time since they landed on Earth that she could just lay there and think freely. She tried to not worry about Gohan getting angry at her damaging his house. So instead, she enjoyed the silence of the wilderness outside the window. She wasn't sure how, but something about listening to the sounds of insects, birds, predators, and prey in the night was so soothing, even if they terrified her the night before. Shelter changed everything. It almost made her forget she was on some far away planet with only her son and a total stranger for company...
With no Bardock and no Raditz anymore...
The sounds of the woods suddenly did not comfort her anymore. Her breathing became difficult, and vision blurred with tears. Then everything else faded as the grief she had held back for the last twenty-four hours suddenly overtook her like a tidal wave...
Like a dam bursting, Gine let out a mournful wail into her pillow, all of her pain and sorrow rushing out of her at once. She did not care if her sobs woke up Kakarot.
Raditz, her firstborn child, was gone. A piece of her own soul as much as her own flesh and blood had been extinguished. And Bardock. The man she looked up to, the light of her life, and the father of her children was gone too.
Gine had been around death plenty in her days as a warrior. She knew the realities Saiyans faced in conquering other worlds, it was their way of life. She had almost expected that either Raditz or Bardock would be killed in action someday. But at least then she would've been able to take comfort in the fact that they died in service of Frieza, and for the glory of their world. But now, after Frieza's betrayal, and the complete extermination of her entire species... how could she live with such pain? It felt unreal. Like having to live with a knife forever stuck in her heart.
There was no answer she could think of that would comfort her. All she could do was weep, and so she did, long into the night, crying until sleep closed in on her consciousness like the despair that had drowned her whole world.
But there was one thing she did take comfort in: the knowledge that Kakarot was safe...
When morning came, Gine woke up to feel the rays of the sun shining on her face. She grumbled and felt around the bed with her free arm. She hadn't moved from where she fell asleep, and she slept hard. Sore everywhere and feeling numb from the release of all of her emotions the night before.
Her arm brushed in the sheets in front of her, and her eyes shot open when she realized Kakarot was not in her grasp. Bolting upright out of bed looking for him, Gine saw that the room was a complete mess. Gohan's clothes were tossed all over the room as if a tornado went through his wardrobe. Some of them were torn, soiled, or both.
Gine soon got her answer to what caused all this when her son poked his head through a hole he chewed into on a rather expensive-looking tunic. He smiled so innocently at her, like he did nothing wrong.
Her eye twitched.
"DAMN IT, KAKAROT!" She yelled at him angrily.
He flinched, and his happy demeanor was replaced with tears, and let a wail that didn't stop.
Gine sighed, regretting her outburst. She shouldn't be mad, he didn't know any better.
With her work cut out for her, Gine got up and gathered up all the clothes, sorting out whatever clean ones that were still intact. There were only two sets of shirts and pants for Gohan that weren't torn or soiled, and she kept them out of Kakarot's reach. She then gathered up all the soiled pieces and took them to the river, spending the rest of the day trying to clean them out and save whatever clothes she could. By the time she got back, she saw the door on the ground and in pieces, almost entirely forgotten that it was destroyed again. Kakarot was in the yard too, having gotten his hands on the clothes she tried to hide from him and was now wearing, and he still hadn't stopped crying.
Adjusting to this world was going to be harder than she thought.
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Later that afternoon, after Gine finished reworking the door, Gohan returned. When he stepped out of the woods and came in sight of his home, he dropped the basket he was carrying.
"What happened here?!" He said as Gine ran up to him, looking over the condition of the hut.
"I-I'm so sorry" Gine said nervously, "I-I almost burned your house drown trying to cook something, and Kakarot ruined most of your clothes. All the holes you see were from me trying to find the hammer to fix the door-"
"Whoa. Slow down, Gine." Gohan placed a hand on her arm, it was a lot for him to take in. "Let's start from the beginning. How badly did you say it was burned, again?"
Gine nervously showed him the damage, how some of the kitchen wall, ceiling, and pot was blackened. Then she showed him the water damage from trying to put it out, and the pile of clothes she tried to save from Kakarot. The boy was in the yard playing around in the dirt piles. That she also had to explain to Gohan that it was from building the door, which, due to the hinges bent beyond repair, had to be moved out of the way like a board than an actual door.
Gine was close to tears when she finished, almost certain that Gohan would demand that she leave immediately.
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