Blackfeather Woods when you feel the world around you

Still, he defends himself, and Shivali glances away. The admittance of his fear doesn’t sit well with her but she fears it is not the time anymore to press the issue. One day, they’ll be gone. One at a time, probably, for one reason or the other. They can only work together as long as they have one another and having to grieve the loss of her family as a whole once, while they were still alive, doesn’t mean she wants to go through it again now they’ve been reunited. Tomkin’s disappearance has taught her that and she can only trust he made good decision since he wandered off and is still alive with the skills they’ve taught him.
 
When he speaks again, she looks back, and searches his face. At least he can see his problem and Shivali only nods, a hint of a smile on her features even through the thick layer of sadness.