Redsand Canyon proprius

"i too find myself struggling," germanicus said with a cold evenness that he did not expect even from himself. and he had not meant to say it at all. it forced the man to realize that he had sought towhee out for the sole reason that she was the only mereoan who might understand, save for the children who had chosen to stay.

and even for them it was different.

"i am so proud of how she impacted mereo. but it means her warmth is starkly absent and starkly missed."