Ankyra Sound Once you had a hook and ladder up into the headless night

Or, as it turned out, they were dead and gone, like Sugar's own family. She swallowed thickly when Raleska empathized with her losses, feeling tears prick at her eyes. Neither one of them was very old at all, so why were they both orphans?

"If I talk about it, I'll probably get emotional and I'd rather not right now," the yearling said almost apologetically, "but I'm sorry you're familiar with this grief, even if it's comforting, in a way, to know I'm not alone." She sniffed and swiped a paw at her pink nose, saying nothing more.

She did creep a little nearer to Raleska again, quiet but present, drifting in and out of her own thoughts as she continued keeping an eye on the injured new mother.

Wanna wrap this'un? :)