Redhawk Caldera Don't don't bother Luke.

Eljay was first, and any nerves she might have felt dissolved at once in his calm, steadying presence. She leaned into his embrace, about to respond when Maia's galloping form entered her periphery. 

She was soon engulfed, face pressed into her aunt's plush pelt. She was laughing, overjoyed, and her eyes shone as she pulled back to look at Maia.

It's. . .good now, Lilitu replied. Then, without any semblance of warning, she burst into tears. 

It was relief, and happiness, and the pain of recent events all together at once. She stood, sobbing, almost dissolving into hiccups, too, as she struggled to catch her breath.