Dragoncrest Cliffs days go by and still i think of you

Jorunn settled down nearby, comforting in her silent presence. Meerkat watched her for a moment, though her eyes slowly glazed as she became lost in her thoughts again.

Maybe she ought to visit her mother sans the kids. Just the thought of Towhee’s face made her throat thicken. But she really didn’t think she could leave Ray, Fish and Mercy, not right now. The rest of Sapphique would surely look after them, but just the thought of walking out on them, no matter how temporarily, with their da already in the wind…

Surfacing from the mires of her mind, Meerkat peered at her cohort again. Suddenly, she remembered their very first conversation, many months ago. They’d spoken of being hurt by men. Njord leaving to visit his family was nothing like Atlas running out on her or Issorartuyok trying to fit a square peg in a round hole, but…

Is it easier? Loving women? she asked abruptly, voice soft, a faint twitch to her lips.