Larksong Grotto today i finally let go of your infantry

The days following Indra's brief reunion with Saena and Casmir were cast with a gloomy pall. Indra hadn't wanted to leave, but she didn't want to stay either -- when both her mother and Casmir turned away she was awash once more with melancholy. 

A few days time to rest and reflect might have pulled the child from her isolated brooding, but the advent of Jhala's birthed pups spawned a renewed sense of abandonment in the child. She had ignored the den ever since, and had spent her nights in the small crook of a hollowed log. She had gone out of her way to avoid everyone but Laurel, and deep within her a new feeling of scathing resentment bloomed. 

Presently, the child peered out from her makeshift den as the winds above picked up. Without cheer she watched the swarm of leaves skitter noisily across the ground, her mind wandering against her will to the words Casmir had spoken: they were being replaced.