Blacktail Deer Plateau The day is set

Thanks for the thread! Sun Spark was a great character <3

Kaihra had not expected her words to move Sun Spark so greatly, and she bowed her head, partially out of the awkwardness she felt in responding to his sudden sentiment. Though she knew she would never know just how much her words meant to the elder, she had meant every one. Sun Spark grew quiet, and Kaihra fell silent, too.

She found the stillness broken when Sun Spark nudged her shoulder, and Kaihra felt a strange nostalgia at his gentle touch. Her brow furrowed before she could push the sensation away, but stopped her memories from reaching further and looked toward Sun Spark again. The child in her wanted to stay and talk and listen as if this meeting would be their last, but the reasoning adult that had long replaced that voice reminded her again of all the work that still needed to be done in the face of the coming winter. She felt her heart sink at the voice that won. "I... should get back to hunting." She said simply, hiding her reluctance to stay. She knew very well this could be the last she saw of Sun Spark, and he knew it, too. She studied him a moment longer, desperate to commit the gentle man to memory. "Thank you." was all she mustered before she dipped her head and took her graceless leave. What more could be said evaded Kaihra, but she knew that when she thought of Sun Spark, she would smile on him - if only from within.