Herbalists' Cache This Land

No worries!

As Dante expressed very real sympathy for the loss, Taikon struggled to maintain his composure. His eyes began to water. He scraped the front of his claws against the ground as he walked, as though unable to pick up his feet. Nobody seemed to have realized they had lost Aphrodite. Only those within the pack had been affected, and he seemed to be most of all. Taikon had tried everything to find her before it was too late. The copper-faced healer had haunted his dreams in her absence. When he found her... well, the dreams had not stopped; they had changed.
The prince pushed her out of his mind, hard. Dante spoke of Seelie Court. The "faeries" as he called them, were also struggling with similar things. Though Dante seemed the settled sort, he let loose that he was indeed new to the Court. Taikon guessed that he was simply a dispersing male, and wondered where he hailed from originally. Lumiya. It was a name he stored for later, knowing it would come in handy.
It's hard to be in a new place, for sure, said Taikon, very aware of this anxiety. Their eyes met for a moment. Taikon felt.. strange, as though he was with a woman, and wanting to comfort..her..him. He swallowed. You'll be okay, and if you're not, you can always call on others, like me, he said, fully meaning it. Though he was unpracticed, he was very ready to throw himself into a fight and get himself killed for the sake of good. He did not want to live in a world where Donovan ruled. That would not happen.