Redhawk Caldera Our Ma was a brilliant wee woman, wasn't she?

Teya blended in to the forest well enough that Reyes wouldn't have seen her, had she not moved enough. She was watching the trees too. The leaves haloed her in reds, greens, golds; even the light that found its way through the branches seemed to be attracted to her.

It felt like he hadn't seen her in months. They'd worked hard to keep Sorana fed and safe, and now in this new rendezvous they would continue to do that, but it felt different since the lake. Since their fight. Since they'd almost lost everything.

He clears his throat so that she isn't surprised by his arrival, not aware that she'd already spotted him, and began the careful climb down the rise.