Ouroboros Spine A cage for your own bird?

So the knowledge had been shared already. It would make the coming days harder for the women, they would be weakened by this loss. Raimo did not know what to make of this; he could use their sorrow to his own advantage but he was not unkind, or thought himself to be a better man than that at any rate. The strength of their songs would perhaps grow, and he could discern their moods and their recovery based on that.

You are right, he admits. They had to know. They will mourn all the more for it. I only wish I could do more to ease their pain. And all that Raimo could offer them was hot meals, but he had not seen them in some days now. Prey was starting to retreat from the mountain — and the mother daughter duo did the opposite, climbing higher, keeping further away from him as they grieved in private.

I do not know what else to do for them. Raimo says, sighing.