Sun Mote Copse silver lining

It was hard to move on, no matter how badly he really wanted to. He knew that's what Wiffle would've wanted, but it just wasn't that easy. He took a deep breath as Wraen leaned her head against his shoulder; a welcome gesture, as physical touch often helped bring Eljay back to the real world.

Wraen said that she'd heard about Maia's plans to go scouting for Elfie, and Eljay nodded numbly. Yeah. Wraen then asked if maybe Eljay wanted to come with to get a breather from here. But here was also the place that was the most home ever since they were forced to leave Redhawk Caldera. Eljay hesitated. I dunno... he murmured. Wraen said that maybe he needed a friend. He felt that he had a few friends, he supposed. Wraen was his friend. And there was -- mom and dad. And... Well, maybe there weren't as many left as he used to have, when he thought of it, which was only a more depressing thought at first.

Eventually he decided not to decide yet. I'll give it a thought. Thanks. Eljay smiled weakly at Wraen, grateful for his friend's help. When he'd come here at first in order to talk about Wraen's stress levels, he hadn't expected it to backfire on him like this. But maybe Wraen was just that good at not talking about her own problems.