Blacktail Deer Plateau out of my mind

He confided in her that his mother, too, had left, and she sighed. Was it those of her gender, or was it mothers who always seemed to leave? Would the simple promise to never do as they had, keep her rooted, or was there something about being a mother that seemed to lead them all astray? She lowered her head to her paws, though the look she offered him was one of understanding. She didn't need to say anything, for it was obvious she knew what he felt. 

His reassuring touch was not one she shrugged off, but rather returned with a light touch to his shoulder. Normally the girl would have rejected the sympathy, but with Aditya she felt the same amount of trust she did with her father and now too, her siblings, that trust which allowed her to speak openly and act freely. She smiled thoughtfully at his last words, content now to sit in silence and enjoy the last vestiges of the moment shared, before hauling herself back up and getting back to the rendezvous before her father threw a fit.