Broken Antler Fen She hangs her head and cries on my shirt

Yeah, apparently Wraen no longer knew, how to tell a joke without insulting people, but then, since when had Bronco become so over-the-top sensitive? He seemed put off by her remark or something else or altogether, it pleased her a little to see him like this, but she also had a feeling that this was not right. You did not lose friends over stupid arguments - she was old enough to know it herself. Maia had sensed the change too and now opted to chicken out of it. Same as her older sibling - fled conflict rather than faced it bravely. 

"Sure," she told her. If she needed to go, then so be it. The elephant in the room needed to be released and this was not gonna happen in her presence either. "There were some deer tracks leading along the banks of the lake," she told her. "With any luck they may have chosen to cross the ice - check that out with him, when you find him, okay?" the excuse for her to leave came with such an ease that you would not even spot the lie. "And be careful too," she smiled at her.

She watched her disappear, then locked her gaze with Bronco's and said: "You grew awfully quiet."