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Kasatka shook her head, feeling like crying all over again. Despite all Sunspot's gentle warnings, she'd still childishly assumed that things would just magically be okay again when she got back to her family. Now, it was clear that this wasn't true.

Once again, Sunspot moved to embrace them both. Kasatka wiggled so that she was not quite as squish, but allowed the feeling of being safely ensconsed between the two adults to overwhelm the yawning chasm of fear and sadness that she'd been slipping into. Hiding her face in Aditya's chest, she shut herself off from the world and tried her best not to worry.

"We combed the area east of the plains for others, but I don't think anyone else came out that way. Not before we retreated, at any rate," said Spot, her voice quiet so as not to disturb the young girl between them. "You must count yourselves lucky, Aditya. Some fires spare none. I feared there might be no one here to receive her. You've saved her a great deal of heartache by surviving."