Bramblepoint point to the hills

The rain began to come down in earnest, and she watched the sheets of water outside the forest, coating the land with cool nourishment. A crackle of lightning lit the sky, its bolt coming down near the peaks of the mountains in the distance. "I will say, storms are sort of beautiful, in a savage way," Nashoba mused, her ears pricked to the rumble of thunder.

"Ah, the family. Gotta love 'em," she responded to his mentioning his relatives. Her voice was mixed, both wry and acrid, and before he could pick up the sour note in her tone, she moved on to answer his question. "I'm alone. For now."

 

keeping that vague as I'm in a joining thread w/ Elwood at the caldera at the moment