Phoenix Maplewood Returning to you

Cicero watched her, curious if she would leave again or if she would simply wait until he would leave. Perhaps she would even try to chase him off, he reckoned. She got to her feet, but she stayed in place as she firmly told him that she wasn't intending to return with him to Blackfeather Woods. It was not his intent to do so, but as she spoke he realised that must not yet have been clear to her. He'd never officially given up on the plans, but as she grew older had thought she would not wish to come with him anyway; especially after what happened.

He said, "Cicero has no plans to bring Desna back to Blackfeather Woods any longer," he told her. "Is Desna doing well?" Perhaps he could not bring her back, but the least he could do was see if he could tell Kove about how his daughter was doing.