Wheeling Gull Isle The promises were spoiled before they left your lips

The thaw almost kicked right back into fire the instant Caracal tried to commiserate. Fortunately Fennec kept in mind that he wasn’t only her brother; he was Killer’s friend. There was a limit to how shitty she wanted to be here, no matter how frustrated she might feel.

It isn’t that. She replied, managing to keep her tone at neutral. I’ve almost drowned before, and there’s no landmarks in an ocean. I don't plan on trying my luck again, bridge or no bridge. One wrong step and she’d still be lost. All it took was going under.

He didn’t know her. None of them ever bothered to try, and it rankled her that he tried to talk as if he did. It wasn’t as if any of them had ever come to visit her when they’d come to see mom, after all.

Sure, maybe she wouldn’t have wanted the company. But it would have been nice to be thought of.