Emberwood old gods

It was clear to Easy that Lavender wanted to avoid the topic, and she'd done her best to help out with that -- but when Dauntless asked point-blank about Huskarl, she uttered a soft, "Oh gosh," that quite clearly gave up the game.

She looked uncertainly between Lavender and Dauntless, wondering if it would be better to let her sister talk it out or to simple bite that bullet for her. Everything seemed to point to her not being ready to talk about it, but was she ready to hear it?

"Mir -- Huskarl passed," Easy said quietly, deciding that quickly and gently was the way to go. "And Lav's trying to keep her mind off it."