Broken Antler Fen Cause your whole heart's a village

tags are all for reference, but anyone is welcome to join! Setting some references up <3

song link bc I love it

As the kids grew at what felt like an ever-increasing rate, Maia tried to spend most of her time divided between teaching them, sharing stories, and taking the occasional walk with @Eljay. Those quiet moments were some of their only time to talk about things without an array of listening ears, but Maia had gotten so used to a full shared space. It felt like home... more like home than anything else she'd found.

Occasionally she still tried to speak with @Diantha, but if she was met with resistance, she dropped it and never pressed beyond. @Roswell seemed to have taken them to heart, and every time she heard him say 'mom' her heart filled a little more. One of these days it was going to burst and honestly, she didn't care!!! It was so, SO worth it.

Since @Jasmine returned, she'd begin to take them all on more trips outside, showing them how she navigated and talking about the times she was lost. She also tried to teach them ways to survive, to find the things they'd need, and oftentimes would bring @Sylvie and @Hymnal along as well. She shared all the secrets that Dante had shared with her - how to use the stars, how to taste water on the wind, and how to track prey. She was.... pretty bad at hunting, still, but she tried.

Things felt lighter. A part of her was waiting for some new catastrophe, and maybe that would take a while to fade, but today as she made her way to the river she hummed a soft tune. There was a fall crispness to the air, one that preluded the cold of winter that would soon be rushing in on them. She wasn't wild about the snow but it would be fun to see how the kids felt about their first experience with it. She could teach them to make burrows, and how to own in a snow fight in the process. Her tail waved at the thought and she looked up at the trees overhead. No colors yet, but soon!