Big Salmon Lake twixt the two a witch shall falter

Lasher acknowledged Osprey and she took it as a permission to come nearer and sat down. It was true that her return had taken place at the only peaceful moment at the plateau, because before and after that everything had changed fast. However, she didn't feel the same sense of loss, because ever since her brother had left their birthpack - their personal lives had been pretty distant. She hadn't been involved in raising the kids, in Peregrine's marriage problems, losing and finding Junior again, and finding new people to love and cherish at the very end. She was a bystander - watching the life of the other pass by, yet not taking any part in it.

"I am Osprey, Peregrine's sister," she introduced herself, even though she knew that Lasher had seen her before. "I heard that you have returned to the plateau?"