Redtail Rise i am sometimes more doubt than man

nothing could have surprised her more than Aventus standing at her border.

she'd offered him the chance, sure, but never had Avicus thought that he'd take it. yet here he is, with a woman—also with child—at his side.

the Wealda lumbers down the slope, huge, gravid. she hates her pregnant form and how it moves. loyal Augur is here first; she draws up beside him with a gentle nudge to the shoulder, then turns her indigo gaze upon her brother.

Ave, she says, quiet and contemplative. you've come. a litany of unsaid questions sparkle in her eyes. perhaps he'll answer them, perhaps not.

she looks upon his companion, countenance sharp, appraising, but not necessarily hostile.