Greatwater Lake do you love her?

for @Howl

Her proposal that she get closer to her goal by the next time she saw him felt unrealistic. Star knew in her heart that her hope was for children, for a family- and it seemed unfullfillable in Sagtannet. The men there were few, and most were too young or already associated with other women. She would not dare to infiltrate anyone's relationship, nor turn to people too immature to father, and so she was left empty-handed. 

Perhaps it was idealistic- what if, she thought, perhaps her heat did not come this year? Maybe her chances were all already gone, and she would die alone. Such morbid thoughts were not things she wanted to run through her mind, yet they did, nevertheless. As her mind wanders, her feet wander, and she finds herself in the flatlands soon enough. Star stops beside a lake, taking a couple greedy gulps of water, before beginning to take a walk around the curve of the water's edge.