Blackfeather Woods It’ll be alright.

She sucked in a gentle breath in sympathy as Minnow spoke of her mother's death. Maegi had felt little for her own mother, but had lost enough close family and friends (a parent included) to know that the sting never truly faded. I'm sorry to hear that, she murmured briefly, quiet enough to be lost under the girl's story.

Sunny and Aliac. Is your father still alive? Maegi asked. She assumed so, otherwise Minnow would have likely included his demise within her tale. Where was he now? She could put herself in his paws all too well: he was frantic, desperate to find his little girl. She thought of her missing trio of children and her heart felt as if it could burst. At least Minnow's recollections were somewhat of a distraction.