Arrow Lake you saw the snakes but not the sorrow

Towards her he had looked, but something seemed off. She'd wondered if he might be ill, but the notion was easily scratched off of her list of possibilities. It wasn't a sickness that had kept him from speaking, the actual cause being something that hadn't even made it onto her mental list. When he'd spoken at last, a pause had followed directly after, but she'd not pressed him to continue. The girl kept quiet, allowing him all the time that was necessary in order for him to collect his thoughts and figure out what he wanted to say. The words that had followed the silence, however, were ones that she'd not been expecting. Though she'd not known the other woman very well at all, anyone could have seen how important she'd been to Ukko simply by watching the two together. Frowning, she'd closed the distance between them and, if he'd allow her to do so, she'd touch her muzzle to his should in an effort to console him.

"I am sorry," she'd voiced. "That she has passed, as well as because I had not been able to help her." Asterr knew not what had plagued Tavi, nor would she ever, it seemed. "She is not suffering anymore," was added shortly after, spoken in hushed tones. To offer someone support after having lost a dear friend was not something that she was familiar with, but, for him, she wanted to at least try.