Bearclaw Valley Este's been losin' sleep.

He didn't say no.
But she didn't know the right words either.
I... another lump in her throat.
I could tell him about the bear; to not be afraid, because... the bear saved me. And it protects you -- us. It is a friend.
She would say anything if it meant seeing Abel again.
It didn't cross Indra's mind that he might be sent out of the valley to die, and so her attempts to appease were more light-hearted, childish notions.