The Tangle hips that could bear you a buffalo

Eirlys doesn’t speak for a time. Instead, she holds her close and Furi sifts through emotions, feeling the world weigh upon her shoulders. It isn’t until the soothing words of her mother’s tongue touches her ears and she deflates, leaning hard against the chocolate girl. The familiar exhaustion of a mental marathon settles into her bones and she slowly lowers her rump the ground, not so certain she can hold herself up at all anymore.
 
The song enters her ears in Lotte’s voice and she shakes again, fighting back another cry. It’s been so long since she’s heard the song that she’s forgotten in, but the words come flashing back. “I’m so sorry,” she says, voice soft and buried in her sister’s fur.