Blacktail Deer Plateau did you really ever think I gave a damn about you

Rusalka — or what was left of it — gathered to Raleska’s flank. She favored each of them with a worried frown; there was not much left for them, and their home had been stolen away by the swelling seas. 

She understood Erzulie’s grief — Scarab was still missing, and Rosalyn long gone. Her heart sank to see the collection of children remaining: Reyes, Clementine, and Nieve — Rusalka’s brimming future reduced to but a trio. Just for a little while, Clementine.. at least until we figure out what is safe. Safe. Such an elusive, accursed word.  

Valtari’s comment of the darkening horizon brought Raleska’s attention to the north. She had never seen such smoke, and instinctively felt fearful of it. What is it? Raleska ventured, brow knit — how much more could their little band take before it broke?