Duskfire Glacier rushing

An ear flicked at her question as a hum escaped him. Yes. He finally answered. It's different but...not in a bad way. His shoulders gave a halfhearted shrug. He knew he would have a long way to go before he felt fully at home but that was part of change, wasn't it? Things never happened overnight. Not good things at least.

You make a fine leader, you know. He assured her with a partial glance. Aleks wouldn't say it if it wasn't true. While he knew she wasn't the head of everything, he knew she had done plenty to make all of this happen. If it wasn't for her he wouldn't have found a nice place so soon.

Perhaps the worst was behind him now.