Bearclaw Valley black eye

"hello," she spoke, her voice clear and unwavering. she saw questions in his eyes, many, many questions. she guessed at a couple of the questions he was going to ask- of course she was not obliged to answer them. if he asked them, she would not answer. 

the sterling girl smiled weakly as he touched her cheek with his nose. she nodded once at him, failing to return his affectionate gesture, and drew back to again sit. "it has been a while, raziel." in all honesty she was unsure of him, and there were some obvious reasons why.