Stavanger Bay Rose

he had known it was coming.
right?
right?
lestan heard reverie as if they were both underwater; he felt his arms tighten around her, felt the dizzy wetness of tears;
dripping;
along his muzzle;
"we'll find another healer. another. another, another, another," until he was chanting it, pressing trembling mouth to her cheeks, her forehead.
no!
in entirety, lestan rejected this premise.