Sun Mote Copse dreamstate

It kind of felt like the old days, when Bat had been happy to sprawl on the ground and let the world pass her by. Tegan became a leader; her mother became pregnant; and her nomi became dead. Bat felt like an ass for laughing at the terrible grammar that flitted through her head. She grimaced and shook her head at herself. She had loved nomi so much back in the day, she'd gone after her and upended her entire life. Sometime since that fateful chain of events, Heda had returned to Drageda, then more recently died. She had no idea her nomi had also disowned her somewhere in there for the crime of being a heartbroken child. That was probably a good thing; Bat's emotions were confusing enough already as she tried to figure out how the hell to feel about everything.

She rolled from her back to her side and considered getting to her feet. She should go do something. Instead, Bat just lay there, truly feeling as if she'd gone back in time or at the very least regressed. Her whole body just felt so heavy as she thought, Is nomi really dead? Gone forever? And is mom really having more kids? What the fuck, man? Just what the fuck...

Without even realizing what she was doing, operating as if on autopilot, Bat did climb onto all fours. She then wandered across the plateau, descended the northern ramp into the neighboring thicket and began meandering east. She was still lost in her thoughts as her feet carried her toward her mother's and sister's realm—oh yeah, Kiwi had become a Beta too—and she only really blinked back to awareness as she began to toe the borders.

"What the fuck," Bat said out loud this time, blinking at the copse.