Noctisardor Bypass i don't praise your god

my reading comprehension is garbage and i just realized where witch is.

Sequoia lowered her head so Witch could more easily get down, then raised it just enough so she was eye-level with her clearly distressed daughter. Go? she asked, probing further to try and find out what was happening in that little noggin of hers. Not go, but no go. Ah, well, Sequoia had done enough of these talks with kids to have an idea of what was going on. She was a therapist, after all. She hadn't needed to use those skills since she'd returned up north, but it looked like these kids were going to need it. It dawned on her that Praimfaya's kids would likely need a lot of talking, too.

Witch, honey, I'm not going anywhere. I'm right here. You had a bad dream. It's like a story you see in your sleep, but it's not real, see? Sequoia booped Witch's nose with her own to show that she was flesh and blood, real as the air they both breathed and the ground they sat on.