Moonspear the smallest steps bring about the most lasting change.

Fig listened as Fenn launched into a barrage of apologies and explanations. He hated to hear her cry, but he wouldn’t try to stop her from shedding them. He’d learned there was no preventing negative emotions. People had to feel them in order to heal from them.

”I’m sorry for how much I pushed you,” Fig responded, feeling his own throat tighten, ”I should’ve given you time and space. I’m the one who backed you into a corner and made you feel like you had to run. I was selfish. I cared more about not having to see you hurt than I did about you being able to deal with that hurt the way you needed to.”