Haunted Wood I'm gonna smoke you out

that's what mothers are for, she amends him silently. cass was her best and only teacher, despite the fact that her lessons were well and truly over. cass had not taught her all she intended too, but all she could. to his reply, she answers only, "it's not." cass being gone was not better. the empty space beside her was not better. 

she ducks low and passes under the log he springs over, emerging a couple meters away before closing the distance again. she's sorry for bring up the matter of families at all. "you want to prove yourself to him. vengeance." she remembers the glance during the fight, his attitude at the border. there is an unspoken why, but she wants to see his reaction, first.