Black Morass if it's the last thing I ever do

“Nyra! Of course!” his cheeks flushed alongside the light in his eyes, and he gave a bashful laugh, “sorry - it’s just been so long!”

He should’ve had questions prepared or something - after all, he always had so many he wondered! But his mind ran blank, and maybe good it did, because what she offered next just about stopped his heart and sent him to another life.

“Mom?” he said, slack jawed, “like -my mom - alive? With you?” His answer for her finally caught up with his mouth. “Of course!!! I can’t believe it - how did she - how did you find her!”

He had hopped forward in these short breaths, his entire body animated with a silly childlike dance. “What about dad? An Mulberry, and Thyme?” He didn’t have much hoped she’d answer yes, but he hadn’t had much hope on ever finding any of them again, so there was nothing left to lose.