Northstar Vale honeyed goblet

tamar shook her head. 

"it does matter to me."

reyson was contemplative. she shared in this quiet moment.

"akashingo broke me. your closeness to it was a — trial. i did not know if you would bring it here, to the vale." and so she had become cool.

of antigone; her brow furrowed with pain. "my son struck his father. he can no longer be here. i — thought it was best for you also to go, lest antigone also seek you out." 

at length, tamar reached her paw to reyson. "i never knew my son was capable of this. it is a failure of my own. and in the moment i did not know what i should do. but i was wrong."