Dragoncrest Cliffs I'm growing into my paws

Coming home set Suzu full of mixed feelings. Fear, grief, relief- each came in waves and fought for her time and her feelings, which left her feeling very tired and disinterested. Wherever her train of thought went, it typically ended up in a dark place. Would she ever see Swordfish again, and was he a coward just like Njord? Would Erzulie become one of the stars up in the sky, and would she ever know which one? Would Grandma Rosalyn come home? She should have spent more time with Sobo, learning more about plants from him. 

She knew to be grateful, though, that she still had her mother and her brother. She sought Theo out to see how he was doing, and saw him looking better than she'd expected. She gave him a faint smile, and gently touched her muzzle to his shoulder, in a place which did not look as though it had been hurt. "How be you doin', Theo?"