The Sentinels and never mind how high the cost may grow

she was nestled beneath the roots, talking to them. the small moonhued cub was relieved to know that those that lived through this were not saddened; but there was a heavy burden discussed, one she was not sure she understood. it was an electric undercurrent that made her feel tense at each unspoken mention, and caused her to worry and wonder at its meaning. but she did not have much time to fret; her father summoned her, and she rose to all fours to depart the tree she had inhabited for the time. it never was goodbye, and so she did not speak it, and her father was not so far from her that it took her too long to arrive.

emaleth had returned to them, and her heart was once again full. with her spirit sated, and happiness remembered, deirdre peered upward at her father with patient eyes, smiling warmly at him.