Sun Mote Copse Like the records I'm playing, they might keep you waiting

So many of the troubles of the world were lost on children -- and while Weejay wasn't exactly a baby anymore, she was still young enough she did not see how the pieces fell clearly.

She nuzzled her father back, her eyes trailing the path the recently-departed Maia had taken. She hoped it would not be the last they saw of them.

For her sake, and mostly for Eljay's.