Broken Antler Fen i see myself in the shadows of a leaf

reyes' ignorance felt like a rejection. teya had gone without validation for too long; it showed in the slump of her coat, how her jawline has sharpened beneath her coolwater eyes.
hunting, swimming, daydreaming; they took her to the very fringes of brecheliant, and there she found she was not alone: that a small shape moved along the edges.
teya barked once in summons.