Blacktail Deer Plateau They used to sing about the birds and the bees

The first days had been quite awful, but beneficial in a way, because tears had taken away a great deal of the pent up emotions, suffering and grief. Quoting author John Green - that was the thing about pain. It demanded to be felt. After that things returned to normal more or less. Therefore, when she spoke about her children, she felt more sorry for Peregrine about gaining this upsetting knowledge of their fate than for herself.

She shared a moment of silence with him, then sighed and smiled: "They are with mom and dad now. I believe that they are well taken care of." To be honest, Osprey had no idea, where the souls went after death - ascended to the stars, lived underground, reincarnated etc. - and she would not care to find this out either, for she had found that one illusion that comforted her. That there was a place, beyond an invisible veil, where March Owl could look after those little lives, until the day her daughter would be able to meet them again.

"So... how are things in Caldera? How is your brood doing?" she asked him, in hopes of hearing something happier. Dwelling on the current subject was not neccessary.