Broken Antler Fen She always has trouble falling asleep

Wait, she'd forgotten! Mom proposed to dad too, didn't she?  That made Maia feel even better about the choice and, suddenly, a little closer to her mom.  Apparently she'd been just as impatient, though she bet dad was slower.  It was hard to imagine him ever spouting his feelings like Eljay did, but maybe he had with mom?  For a moment she felt a touch of sad too, that she'd never get to talk about this with Osprey.  But it was hardly enough to make the smile leave her face.

He didn't!  I mean, he really did seem happy.  But I think it's still hard, and I want to be sure he's gonna, like, actually be happy here.  Stuff happened and it was a really quick change.  Maia responded, shifting a bit.  She was thrilled as well, but there was a touch of trepidation to it because she could see that, despite the happiness, he was struggling with the decision he'd made.  A part of me wants to see if he wants to go back? Just for a visit, y'know?  But I don't want to seem pushy, and he was really upset with them.  He might need more time.

Understandably too.  She imagined how she'd feel if Ibis told her she couldn't have the family she wanted... or Wraen.  It wasn't a personal decision at all but to Maia's mind it absolutely was; she had the privilege of never having to make the hard choices like that.