Swiftcurrent Creek Now you know I'm paper-thin

Reverie nodded slowly. I can tell you now that I'm not going to leave. Not permanently. I just... wanted to be alone for - well, you know. It wasn't pretty. The only one I wanted there was Lestan, and he... Her voice broke a little, and she swallowed.
Do you think he'll come back? The question came out as a whisper. It was unfair to ask this of Arric, she knew that, but she couldn't help it. He knew Lestan better than she did, had known him first — or so she assumed. If nothing else Reverie needed the reassurance that, if Lestan did not return, Arric would be here. She felt that Blossom would need some kind of masculine presence in her life, and to be honest, she did not want Akavir to fill that role despite his relation to her daughter. She felt no warmth from him. Good intentions, yes, but not an ounce of true friendship — and that was important.