Broken Antler Fen Please allow me to have ONE cathartic experience in my life -

She'd tried.

She'd looked for Arielle anywhere and everywhere, to no avail. She had discovered so much—and so many different souls. She had changed. . .for the better, she thought.

But still, no sister. And so, she returned to Brecheliant empty-pawed and empty-souled.

At least her mother would be here to comfort her.

No strong trace of Ibis upon the borders, though, but. . .she howled, anyway, thinking her mother might be busy with the pups she'd been carrying when Lilitu left. Maia, Eljay, Teya, others. . . It was much the same.

This little fen had not changed much.

Lilitu had. But that was neither here nor there. She was just happy to be home.