Sunbeam Lair but i feel so small

it did indra some good to be encouraged so earnestly by laurel. drawing her gaze away from her sister, indra sighed and relented to the truth of her words. last year had not been so horrible - she had learned something of it all, after all... but then came the pain, the lance to her heart in thinking of the children that had been birthed from it.

she shut her eyes, warding away the memory of merrick's contemptuous dismissal.. of nunataq's confused but hardened expression. the girl had grown distant from indra even before their departure, and indra feared leaving had been the reckoning to sever their bonds completely.

she hoped to god her heat wouldn't visit her this year. perhaps with all the stress, the sturm und drang of their lives, her body would not see fit to blossom. perhaps after merrick, it would shut down completely -- for hadn't she yielded a full litter, all dead save for one child?

"we'll get through, either way." she affirmed, opening her eyes to glance upon laurel softly. of that, she had no doubt -- the two would keep going for as long as their limbs could carry them.