Emberflame Ridge Broken Compass

I know it is, she said softly, her expression filling with sympathy and her heart with guilt. This is just one thing we have to get through. I promise it won't always be like this, she assured her daughter. Sometimes, we have to get through something difficult to find something good again. They couldn't control what happened at Kaistleoki, but she would ensure that they would find somewhere safe again.

Malila said she needed to rest and Speedy lead them to a small stream the ran down from the mountain. She was without any of her herbs; they had all been destroyed by the storm—everything she had worked so hard to build was just gone. And now she was unable to give her own daughter anything to help with her sore paws. Come sit in the shallow water, she instructed. It will help soothe your feet since we don't have any plants to help. The cool liquid would at least give her some relief.