Heron Lake Plateau that was before they took away my hair net.

Huh? What was -- oh. Quietly, Ray. He took a half step towards her, nuzzling her cheek but waffling on what to do next -- whether she wanted space or comfort or closeness or to pretend everything was fine... Let's be real, he'd ditch this border meeting in a heartbeat if she wanted him to right now. Seeing her like this was the thing that had a higher chance of breaking him. It just made him yet again feel so useless. Oh how he wished he could do more. But he was here and ready to do whatever she needed, and that's all he could think to offer.

It wasn't like she needed to be out here -- he had it handled as best he could. Sure, nothing was ideal right now, but eh. Qui wasn't going to shoo her away or anything -- if she was here then maybe she wanted to be here just a little. He gave Raven a moment to see if she wanted to answer but when she didn't he continued, as tactfully as he could be, Sorry, understatement of the year would be it's been a bad week so far. Wildfire passed away yesterday. He wasn't sure if they'd ever been close so he refrained from continuing on about her parents' location just in case. No point if it wasn't gonna be heard the first time.