Sunbeam Lair Should've never said the word love

"It's a rather long story and not a very happy one." Texi offered, getting to her rather sore paws slowly. Pain marked her face but she welcomed it, pain was a way to keep a grip on her grief. Texi was afraid of slipping into the familiar emotional numbness that came with loss. 

"There's one this way." Squirrel began to lead the way, chuckling at the woman's comment. "I'm Texiceia by the way, or Texi for short. Some call me Squirrel." Texi had many names and offered them all to the woman.