Broken Boulder someone's knocking and i'm out of invitations

She was glad it was only some trouble, but that was a small comfort considering he had faced any trouble at all. Her goal was to make the Sanctuary a trouble-free place, and if it was the snowy-furred woman that had caused it for Ulf, she would have words with the appropriate party about Tina. No one deserved trouble. Not anywhere, but especially not here.

He asked her how long she'd been here, and she paused, trying to count back the moons in her head. "I found Alarian in midwinter," Lily said, smiling as she remembered their first meeting. "So, let's see. . .a couple of seasons, about? Seems like a lot longer." Seemed like a lifetime, honestly.

"Did you know Alarian, before you came? You two seem close," she remarked, tone carefully neutral.