Dawnlark Plains back when all her quiet words were thunder

Loir simply got up and left, silently, padding off with even less warning than Aditya had given. she blinked after the joiner a moment, feeling briefly helplessness as she watched the pair go. her maw opened to call back Aditya and then shut, brief flash of hurt lancing through her as she realized he hadn't seemed particularly inclined to hang around much more than it took to drop off the rabbit. 

the hurt faded, but something akin to dread settled low in her chest, and she placed her head on her paws and was silent.