Stone Circle When it's over, When it's all done, We say Amen

he settles on his haunches, and so does she, tail curled neatly as she surveys him. he's different than last time, somehow; perhaps it is the some new scar, some change in his coat, but something feels different about him. "I'm alright," she replies, smile still settled on her muzzle. "I've found my brother, and his kids—they're staying here too, and some more of my family lives at the emberwood, now." she wonders idly if there are more, perhaps, south of the mountains, or even beyond them. she does not think she's ever been that far, but it does not mean some wayward sibling has not. 

"and you?" she queries gently, and then, "how long have you been here?" so much has come to pass since they'd last met, seeing him now reminds her of the chaos of the past year.