Northstar Vale Skin and Bones

"Yes, vell.." the midwife shrugged ever so slightly as she trailed off, gaze panning to the side - as awkwardly uncertain of her reaction as the charge sitting across from her. "It 'as made me stronger," was all she could reply with, cryptically, in the end, offering Corra a faint smile full of age.

"Ye might rest 'ere if'n ye'd like ta," the woman gestured to her downy bed (consistent of small pelts, feathers, dried leaves and the like) in offer before standing and moving back towards the entrance of the cave. 

"But if'n ye feel like takin' yer mind off zings, I vill be in ze garden," came her next offer, turning to glance at the regal, impoverished young woman one last time with a kind smile and a wag of her tail, before she padded away.