Stone Circle It's a Hole.

for @Merrit or @Arlette !

if there was guidance that marten needed, he did not ask for it. there was a lot that was going on in life right now... laurel and that man and vespera were just a few. he only wished that indra hadn't been involved -- she'd been through so much. it was hard, sure, but marten didn't feel shaken. he felt worried for the well-being of his family, but he felt inside that he was okay. someone might be surprised to hear that, but when marten thought about it... he didn't feel so surprised. 

indra was strong. she raised him strong. marten couldn't recall ever being babied, and even though sometimes he didn't get the full truth, it was always given to him when he asked. he was treated with maturity and so he grew with such. he was a strong boy among strong women, and so that he could handle high-pressure situations... ah, well, it wasn't surprising. he'd psychoanalyzed this quite a few times since the vespera incident. he was confident in his own diagnosis.

still, he sat by the mother stone. valette had given him the names of a few of the stones, but not all. he recognized the one the most, he felt the closest to it. it reminded him of his own mother, who gave him strength himself. he gave a gentle sigh, staring up at the top.