Blacktail Deer Plateau Grief plagues us all

Sorry for the wait!

The feeling of repulsion passed in the next moment and he already felt lighter for having unloaded his burden. Peregrine peered at his friend almost guiltily, black ears tilting forward as she shared her thoughts with him. He nodded at her sage words. He knew all of that. It was reassuring to hear Blue Willow say these things.

"I know," he replied. "I don't think this is indication of any bigger issues," he added, the thought never having occurred to him. He knew Pura was developmentally delayed in some ways, yet he'd never considered it particularly troubling. Was it an ominous sign? He didn't think so, despite the previous events. "I just... I was so close to snapping, Willow. What if I had..." He let that thought trail off into the wind and answered her query more directly, "I did my best to explain to him the meaning of the word sacred."