Sun Mote Copse I'll be resting my eyes

Wildfire invited her children to come nearer and both his father and sister obliged. Elfie did sort of a half-hearted attempt to get up and go, but changed his mind and remained seated, where he already was. He watched Eljay break down and Weejay weeping by his mother's side and yet none of them did anything to improve the situation. Make it better. They had simply given up the same way mother had. 

Part of him yearned to snuggle up right next to Wildfire, close his eyes and imagine that this was all a very bad nightmare, from which he would wake up soon. But the other part was repelled by her current state, afraid of her changed features, rebelling against the sadness taking over and making him just as miserable as the rest of his family was. He decided that he would not cry and that he did not want to be a witness of all this any longer. 

He gave his mom one last look, got to his feet and walked away, hoping that the distance he put between him and her would somehow ease the devastation he was struggling against.