King Elk Forest -- when the ones that damn the innocent are on the nightly news

brienne is taken aback by his admission.  it was true, during her time as a captive, she had truly missed them and had she been greeted more warmly she would have fallen over herself over and over to show how grateful she had been for their compansionship.

but that wasn't how it went.

her brow furrows and her flews quirk up in a hesitant laugh.  [q]of course.[q/]

and with that she turns tail and leaves to brew over this new course of emotion that set in.