Blacktail Deer Plateau A slamming door and a lesson learned

"It will."  There had been many bad moments, true, but so many more good ones.  Leaving would not be easy.  Not only were there memories here to hold - those lost, if they indeed still lived, likely would not know where to find them should they return.  He did not hold much hope for this, and it was not a conscious reason to stay.  Yet it was one of a few hesitations he held.

"Thank you." The man's support meant a great deal. He hadn't been sure how the news of Mordecai and Harlyn would be taken and was glad Lasher did not lay blame at his feet. He hadn't expected it of course but one could never truly tell what lay in another's mind until they revealed it.