The Sentinels The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

It was only recently that Osprey felt - the world was going too fast for her. Yes, she was still able to run with the pace of the events, catch up rather quickly, should she happen to lag behind, but... more and more often it was so that she was losing her breath and felt that she needed a break. A moment, when things would just stand still and not change, would be enough.

But time does not slow or stop for those that get tired along the way and therefore, realizing that every day was of value, stepping down and leaving the leadership to the younger generation had seemed the right thing to do.  She had her family to take care of and, who knew, how much time you had got left. 

It was a sunny evening and Osprey was watching over her three children sleeping soundly in the moss. Though they had their differences in the waking hours, they were all put aside, when they slept, cuddled closely to each other. A sound of someone walking nearby caught her attention and the elder carefully got to her feet and listened.