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Fin furrowed her brows thoughtfully when Thur relayed Eljay's comment to her. It hadn't occurred to her that he might have left to ease the overcrowding that had lead to the famine. Gannet had told them he'd left to test himself, and make himself better. Fin had always struggled with this. There'd always seemed to be a hole in the story; she'd known it wasn't the entire truth. This didn't feel like it completed the story either, but it was another piece of the puzzle that might solve the whole thing, if she just thought it through more.

Only problem was, it would probably lead her to the conclusion she'd already drawn - that she had failed him as a mother by not loving him enough. Much as she needed to know, she wasn't sure that she wanted to know.

Finley smiled at Betty's confession, as it so well echoed her own. "I'm really glad that it wasn't," she replied as her gaze trailed away to the den once more, "I know Moms aren't allowed to play favorites, but Aunts totally are, and Wiffle has always been one of mine. We'll take good care of her." She paused for a moment before adding in a slightly darker tone, "And we'll find out what happened to her." Fin still had her suspicions that she would continue to keep to herself. She didn't know what she'd do if they proved to be correct, but she was a clever woman - she'd come up with something.