Redsand Canyon When I first saw you, the end was soon

Could he never? It was such a lofty promise. She had seen how others could flip like a switch before at seemingly the smallest of things. He was quick to assure her that all would be well but she still struggled to believe what he was saying, not for a lack of wanting to. She truly wanted to believe him… but for fear of him speaking for others when he could not. Surely at the very least the Matrona’s closest friend and her husband would find hatred for her in their hearts?
 
“It would be, though… just as a soldier would be blamed for not countering an invader, a healer would be blamed for not saving a life.” It was the world she had lived in, and her mind had not fully grasped the fact that things were not as they had been at the Trail, not to the degree of difference that would allow her to accept the fact. He was shaking his head and she frowned at him. “I see myself as I always have.” She stated simply in return. “But this world is still so different from the one I grew up in and I just feel so turned around by it... like I'm not sure what normal reactions are supposed to be.” She admitted again as she laid her head atop his paws and looked up at him.