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Jorunn seemed quiet after the decision. Rosalyn wondered if she took such a thing personally, but she didn't move to rescind her words. They were what was best for all of them, including all mothers present.

She thought of reassuring in another way. They won't mean any less to me. But her words were gone. Anything she said would seem empty, and the promise didn't mean as much as the reality. She didn't want to dwell on this.

She'd already said too much. Better to leave it be. Rosalyn returned her wife's gesture, then glanced to Jorunn with a warm glimmer of regret. She was young. Once she was a mother perhaps she would understand.