Stone Circle let's try again; you be the lead

Her response wasn't surprising - not verbally, at least. He stepped back from her, a little surprised by her sudden submission before he realized he'd let his frustration get the best of him. He'd just been growling, not at her, but there didn't seem to be a point to saying that when everything they were saying seemed to point to a hasty goodbye in the near future. It won't, she said, and that part had been expected. Day waited for something to happen, for something to change, for it to hurt.

But Akuti just stood there, and all he could feel was tired and a little ashamed.

"Okay," he said softly, blowing out a held-in breath. He took a deep breath and then let that one out, too, air whooshing past his teeth in a pained sigh. Another breath, and then another, and then he said again, more calmly this time: "Okay."

But she hadn't moved and neither had he, and Day lowered his rump to the dirt, wondering what they were supposed to do now.