Redtail Rise leggiero

she doesn't mean any ulterior motive;

or does she?

she looks up at him, gesturing toward the unrooted plants. healing? she asks briefly, shoulders hunched in a shrug. 

but the air is different between them by virtue of her new. . .status. she finds herself wanting to draw close, and yet something holds her back. it's as if it's a test, but she's not necessarily grading.

instead, Avicus stares across the Rise, wondering when the new children may take root.