Broken Boulder it's getting late, and i

giving tindómë permission to fall apart was giving him permission to fall apart -- inwardly, privately, away from alarian and queenie's eyes. he couldn't completely withdraw, after all, with children on the way. so he's present enough to answer questions and to check in on queenie and to thank alarian for being so kind as to take them in. he wonders where @Jomyo's gotten to, and hopes she'll make her way to them again, maybe. 

but he can't make himself care about any of it. when everyone he'd loved died under rock and snow, he'd felt blank, but a different kind of blank. shocked. now he just feels hollow and he can't even bring himself to mind. 

delight stays behind alarian, quiet as his packmates rush to him. it's only when one of the women who appears greets them that he finds his voice, stilted and robotic. "thank you. i'm delight, and this is queenie." he glances at her, figuring she'd give herself - them - a better introduction if she felt up for it.