Swiftcurrent Creek grey eyes gleaming

she is both surprised and a little offended that he is faring better than she, but tucks it beneath a veneer of amusement.  a cougar? a kidnapper?  boy, ever since brutally murdering their father in cold blood even if he deserved it, her brother had really become.. something.

still, he is her brother.  the question he asks of her brings on another bout of silence as she pulls her cheek from his nose.  how could she bare to tell him that she was just like their mother?

no reason, she tries to assure him, things just didn't go so well for me.