Rosine Desjardins
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Rosine, married into the Rémi family, is kind of unique.
It's not that she's the only immortal human in the family. There are others, after all.
But she was the first, because her husband Séverin was foolish, and desperate, and at the age of thirty, having just given birth to their second child, their daughter Carine, Rosine was dying in the hospital. It was 1930; it had been a long labor, and she had lost a lot of blood, and the doctors told him that nothing could be done, that he should say goodbye while she could still understand him, that it would probably be within a few days at most, and more likely it would happen in the night while she slept.
Séverin, though, was more stubborn than that. And he had spent much time talking to his grandfather, who later was his older brother. He knew stories and had some idea of the magic that made him other than human. And so when the doctors thought he was telling his wife goodbye, he was instead whispering in her ear that she had to hold on, as long as she could, because she would be fine and she would hold her daughter and see her grow up and be even more beautiful than she already was. She just had to hold on, and keep from letting herself die in the next few days, because the doctors didn't think she was strong enough – and Severin knew she was.
He was right, too, although the magic taking hold in her body surely helped. A week later, mother and daughter returned home from the hospital, while the doctors shook their heads and proclaimed it to be a miraculous recovery. Three-year-old Noé was happy to have his mother back, and curious about his sister. Carine, as promised, grew up fine and strong and beautiful. Noé was just as handsome as his father.
And Rosine, for her part, was made immortal. It took time for her to grow used to the difference. She looked younger, felt younger, and her husband had to learn how to change her appearance along with his own, so that time as it passed would find marks to leave on them. She watched her children grow up and find their wings and their lovers. Her husband's grandfather, who was his brother as well, became their son in name as well. She watched the world change around her, and after a time chose to leave the city she loved, because it had changed too much from what it was when she fell in love with it.
Rosine and Séverin live outside Paris, near what was once Pierrick's childhood home. They have a vineyard and are always happy to host any family members who feel the need to stay in the countryside for a time.
In the middle of nowhere, nobody cares if a woman in her hundred and eighth year looks to be twenty, or if her husband has a pair of wings he uses to keep the grapes from freezing, instead of only fans.
