Neverwinter Forest holding on to forever

She avoided his eyes and pressed in for a hug again, fighting the urge to come clean - no, I didn't say hi for you, or for me, or for anyone! I'm terrible and you should hate me for it! - but then froze when her brother went on to explain some things. Noteably, Mal's father; she couldn't remember who that was, and hadn't made any connection to Ariel, since that sounded like a girl's name and - well - Ibis was pretty vapid to begin with, although it wasn't a purposefully malicious ignorance. When Okeanos came to the subject of Cam being missing, Ibis withdrew her affection and gasped in shock.

What do you mean he's gone? Weren't you watching him? Her voice went a little shrill; having lost someone important like Lily would take time for Ibis to handle, and to be set upon by similar feelings of absence, loss, confusing sorrow, all for the child she'd tried to rescue - well, she was a mess. A reactive, emotional mess. The girl went tight-lipped after that, almost brooding, her face creasing in a frown.