Stone Circle And I will sing a lullaby

She sighs and catches him in a tighter embrace.

“Roaming’s not so bad, Skáld. You know that’s how I found Kvarshiem? It’s ok to go exploring, doesn’t mean you can’t come back home at the end of the day.” She meets his eye, but never certain what he understands. And if he does, what he thinks of light attempts made to expand his world. It’s something she knows she needs to get serious about- but how much can she do with pups coming?

“Besides, you get to meet a lot of new wolves, too. Don’t you think it’d be fun to have a couple friends your own age? Kvarsheim is beautiful- but heim is the people, not the place. Like you,” she gives his crown a kiss and pulls back.

Maybe she’s not doing a good job of this. Maybe she succeeds only in adding to his trauma. Maybe what is right for Skáld is to stay here and she is just pushing her own ideals unfairly onto him. She wished she had a sounding board in this, some way to know if she was getting this right.