Moonspear heavy as heartbreak

Through infection... like how Dacio had gone. A real possibility that could happen to any of them, no matter how experienced they were, but not one that Dirge worried about. If it happened, it happened, and even with the beginning spring there were only so many things that they could do. That even Lyra could do with her stores, at that.

"You can't blame yourself," he suggested, knowing that it would not absolve her of what she already believed true. "But I've only spoken to Osiris, though there's no doubt he's already saw to telling the others. They're probably nearby." His head swung to survey their surroundings, but he saw nothing that would imply that they were relatively close to where their parents spoke. At least they had been wise in sticking close to home, he thought, and if not, then he hoped.