Nova Peak When all the knots we've tied have come undone

The two women picked their way delicately through the field of glass, cushioning their footfalls with gently acerbic humour. Slowly, like a healing burn, the past disappeared under new skin.

Danica's comment pulled Bazi's mouth into a grimace, but she did not disagree - in her present state, she was not exactly an elegant lady. "Everyone says that I'll 'snap right back'," she shared, shifting uncomfortably on overburdened paws. Her left knee cracked under the strain, and she was on the verge of complaining about sore nipples and stretched skin, but momentousness of the situation stayed her tongue. Here they were, so much later, starting again. Bazi gazed at her friend's face - the clever eyes, the head held high, the sharp angles where winter had worn away at her. "I'm really glad that you're home." Genuinely, and without hesitation.