Swiftcurrent Creek Now you know I'm paper-thin

Oh. Reverie reached out to place a sympathetic paw over his. I'm sorry, She said softly, and for a moment she wished she could soothe this hurt. But it was not possible. She thought then of Lestan, who might never know his own daughter — by his own choice.
Arric could not replace Lestan, no more than Reverie could replace his sea queen and the children she kept from him, but at least they had this. They had each other. You'll be a wonderful uncle, Reverie told him with a reassuring smile. Then she was struck with a thought. You've been to the ocean? What is it like there? She still desperately wished to see it! But she knew she would not. Not for some time. If ever.