Lake Rodney Headed straight for your heart, like a bullet in the dark

Aria let out a soft sigh, giving her friend a quick nudge as she reassured her that her lashing out was forgiven. She waited patiently as Pearl explained, but didn't really feel much better. "Oh," was all she responded at first, followed by a short silence. "How is it?" she then asked, giving a weak smile and an even weaker wag of her tail. She wanted to be happy for the white woman, and there was no reason for her to be so angry with her for leaving. It did seem like everyone was doing that anyway, no reason to take it out on one in particular. She was a little more hurt that Lasher hadn't told her- or maybe he had? For the first time in a while Aria couldn't remember half of the most important things that she'd nagged herself so often to remember.