Lost Creek Hollow it was not meant that we should voyage far.

The struggle abated as understanding flooded Sif's face. Rheia welcomed the display of encouragement and managed to stay relaxed. Rheia reminded herself that this would be a temporary solution to a grand problem, that she wasn't giving up on her people or choosing to stay away from them forever. One day soon she'd find her grandmother - but for now she had to concern herself with surviving, and this was the method for doing that.

Please, she repeated again with a nod and after, a brisk wag of her tail. Home was not the word she would use for a while yet; thinking of it in either languge brought forth too many memories, too many thoughts, and the immense weight of her guilt for all that had happened.