Redtail Rise you need someone to take your pain for you?

his mother did not respond as he had expected her to, and it took the wind out of his sails. all of a sudden he was a ragged, lopsided boy again, rubbing his nose with his ankle for a quick, annoyed moment.
"i'm sure you'll see him around," he grunted. "atreus has been gone. and dad left a while ago." in case she hadn't noticed or perhaps didn't realize things were easier for him if she was g —
but that hurt, hurt a lot to even think. "are you staying?" finally ancelin looked at her, seeing how travel had shaped both her figure and the look in her eyes.
"auntie gave me a job to do, with our ally. i'm just here for a couple hrs," he told her, deciding to devote his next day to finding lilia's gift.