Duskfire Glacier You won't find her in your visions.

Fucking seriously? Meerkat thought. She angrily swiped at the tears, feeling mortified, particularly as Wayfarer inched back from her in evident distaste. Get your goddamn shit together, she commanded herself as she put her foot back on the ground. Letting out a long, low breath and shaking her shoulders, Meerkat tried to calm and collect herself before shooting Wayfarer an apologetic look.

"I don't know what's gotten into me," she said, although I have a couple guesses... That wasn't something she wanted to discuss with the young girl. "I'm sorry I'm being so spastic. Um... how are you doing, anyway? It's nice seeing your face around here a bit more lately."

About two seconds after the words left her mouth, Meerkat stiffened with the realization that Wayfarer was probably only around because of the recent tragedies. Had she just put her foot in her mouth, on top of everything? She exhaled loudly again, just barely resisting the impulse to drop her face into her paws.