Wheeling Gull Isle Now I'm begging for footnotes in the story of your life

Tying a bow on this and stuffing it in the archives!

If she had any inkling that the stoic guard was potentially opposed to her coming and going to visit her children, Wylla would have turned tail and stalked away, but she was none the wiser. And in the days to come, it would be put to the test, for she would soon depart Yuelong and not return for quite some time as a result of one thing or another—if ever.

For now, she and Stag set the terms of their stay with the Empress and, once all parties were somewhat satisfied, they began to learn the lay of their new home. She couldn't say how long this would last—truly, she couldn't think much beyond the present moment, enshrouded in a depressed fog the way she was—but for the duration of it, Wylla would offer what she could to the sea pack.