Blacktail Deer Plateau all the things yet to come are the things that have passed

The boy felt awkward, out of place, watching the two reunite; the feeling the crept into his chest wasn’t nearly as strong as when he witnessed Rosalyn’s return but it was there all the same. But those feelings soon morphed into a look of surprise when Erzulie’s gaze found his own—affectionate, startling him. But he took it as an invitation and approached the pair, slowly but surely. He paused only when he heard the older woman speak, ears perking and eyes finding their way to the girl.

“You’ll always be allowed to stay here,” he assured her—both of them, even, perhaps. “Your family’s here.” Aningan refused to be someone that separated a family; he understood that pain and wished it upon no one.