Sun Mote Copse I just wanna roll my sleeves up and start again

Ever the empath, Eljay queried after her feelings, as well as her daughters'. Wildfire didn't stop moving, though she slowed as she tried to give the topic the focus and gravity it deserved. "I'm okay. I'd be lying if I said the news didn't affect me. I spent many years with Th—with Heda." There were so many reasons she didn't want to linger on her own emotions over this, especially not with Eljay, so she quickly added, "The girls both took the news hard, though we'll all be all right in time." She paused for a moment to murmur, "None of us ever would've seen her again either way, though it feels more... final this way."

She drew in a breath, then resumed her forward momentum. "I think I smell a groundhog," she observed, clearing her throat a little and turning to make eye contact with Eljay.

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