Blacktail Deer Plateau On the borderline

She greeted him warmly, and he felt a small amount of relief.  While he hadn't expected animosity from her, he had wondered if Lasher would speak with her and she would be offended with him for her lover's sake.  Of course that was not the case, yet sometimes it was hard to remember there were such good creatures as Blue Willow in the world.

She asked after him (of course) and he smiled.  "I'm aright.  It had been a while, so I wanted to check in.  How are you holding up?"  She didn't look overly stressed, but he was sure she was adept at hiding such things for the sake of the comfort of others.  "A lot has happened."  He had another reason for coming, another point of discussion, but first he wanted to hear how she was doing.  That topic was less pleasant, and he would not bring it up if she was not in the right mind to hear it.