Fox's Glade i slithered here from eden

she listened with auds pushed forward against her crown, it seemed misfortune and starvation had pushed them from the proud peak. she wondered briefly what they new home looked like; her memories of the specific area Rannoch indicated were hazy, though the name sparked dull recognition. 

just as her question put a damper on his enthusiasm, so to did her own, pausing a moment before speaking. "our territory burned. we fled to the maplewood, but some died in the fire. many more scattered, and after a couple weeks I went in search of them." pause. "aditya left soon after me, left leadership on my brother's shoulders. he tried his best, but he could only hold them together for so long. the last of them live with a group called Elysium." her chest constricted at words unsaid, at the death of the woman she'd considered her friend. would things have been much different if she had come back? maybe. maybe not. but all there was to say was that she had left them, in the end, and so she was to blame.