Jade Fern Grove We'll be the color in all this black and white

She sensed his displeasure with her, but what could she say? Sorry babe, I was thinking about that thing I don't want to do with you yet! Elphie decided she didn't have much of an appetite anymore. She picked out a few wide leaves of ferns to wrap up the remnants of her meal.

Right. I'll try Swiftcurrent Creek, She busied herself with the leaves rather than looking at Nox. Meet you back here in a few days? Maybe that was what she needed; a few days away from him, to clear her head and regain her focus. They'd spent so much time exclusively with one another, she sometimes feared she might lose herself the way her husband sometimes did — and then who would keep them both grounded?