Shadewood Here we go again

As he laid out his expectations she felt herself relax. Perhaps she wouldn't grow as attached to everyone as she had in the Plateau but she would look after everyone here alongside Cry and Gwen as if they were a trio of parents and the rest of Shadewood were their children or wards. She knew growing close would be a bad thing and she wished she didn't have to keep it from the man, that Issun, Takara and her would one day leave to start Kamiki again or so was the current plan. One day they would do the same thing to Shadewood as they had done to Kavik and Liri, to Ruenna and to the members of Blacktail Deer Plateau....to Corvus. The sudden thought of the man brought an aching, but not to her loins, to her heart. She had hurt him like Higoro had hurt her. She lost herself in her thoughts, zoning out and not responding but looking clearly troubled for a few moments. 

It was only when he said he would see her around that she came back to attention, nodding silently and watching as he turned and walked off, leaving her to her sudden feelings of guilt and sadness.