Dragoncrest Cliffs drive me home

her attempted image of toughness falters when she sees her mother, and with a soft "nomi," the girl buries her nose in her scruff, tail wagging hard. she does not look as bad as blixen has feared, and after a moment she pulls herself away and lays down beside her, expression anxious. "do you need anythin?" she asks, but she's too impatient to wait before she bursts out, "i heard you at the meeting -- mother, she's - is she gonna come back?" despite her inner resolve, despite  her fears, it is too hard to not ask her nomi for this small reassurance - because she trusts her not to lie to her, either, and right now, all blixen wants is the truth.