Moonspear Walls coming down

*gestures vaguely* Awkward reply from Floki, since Thistle was a PPC but hasn't rejoined since the reboot. :)

Abruptly, Dash posed a question that caused Floki to pause. Where was Thistle Cloud? He was ashamed to admit that he had been so wrapped up in his own life that he hadn't spent nearly enough time with his mother as of late, but the disappearance of her scent around her herb den hadn't gone unnoticed. He shook his head slowly, biting the inside of his cheek as he contemplated how to reply.

He loved his mother, and he always would. But as an adult, he didn't need her in the same way as he had when he was young, so he didn't feel her absence as keenly as he might have before. It worried him that she had slipped away without a word to either of her sons, as far as he knew; Charon hadn't mentioned anything to him. Maybe she had gone to see Tevinter, or perhaps she had returned to Stavanger Bay to make peace with Ragnar's death. Floki didn't know the reason, and that troubled him more than her absence itself.

"I...I'm not sure," he replied, casting his gaze down and away from Dash. Thistle Cloud was a grown woman and could take care of herself -- she didn't necessarily need to report to her children. But it still seemed odd that she had left without telling them her plans. "I assumed she would be back soon, but she hasn't returned yet," he concluded, his words falling flat even to his own ears.