Jade Fern Grove we've got honey dripping through our veins now

a sigh. a nod. "i had vanted to step down, you know." a little bemusement to spice the worry as he finally looked away from iana toward rivenwood. "there are others in rivenvood, but —" wylla and he had not even mended things completely yet, though he was hopeful. she was still injured. and laurel — he could not conceive of leading with laurel after so horrid a rejection.
that left sequoia and speedy, but he felt the latter would not take kindly to the role, and their second healer was busy among the green leaves. 
"she vill come back." third time thought, first time spoken aloud. "praimfaya is stubborn vhere it suits her." a wan smile to the other's offer. "i vould like this. i vill let the others know you are allowed passage." it was a comfort to know that despite calcifer's departure and praimfaya's odd void, they would not be truly without another hunter.