Broken Antler Fen Tea time

When Eljay arrived, Maia had a brief moment of worry that something was wrong with the children. He said nothing of the sort, but if he was here, then she felt the guilt of not being there. Her job right now was to be a mom first and everything else kind of after, yeah? He didn't give her a hint of a reason to feel that way, but she felt immediately like she'd messed up, coming here.

Hey, she greeted him. I, uh... I told Izumi that we had room for her, if she wanted to make a home here. If that's okay, I'll let you, y,know... She waved a paw and, unthinking, stepped back deferentially. I should get back.

They didn't really need her on the council right now. She could probably step down even, but.... no. Maybe not that far.