Stone Circle endir

Astrid felt as if her world was crumbling at her feet. She listens, feels the cold touch of her father's nose against her chest, her head, and she cannot seem to stop herself when the tears begin to well in her eyes.
Why are you leaving me? she hiccups. I don't want you to leave. angry, she wanted to be angry; she wanted to kick and scream and punch and bite, and yet she could do nothing but crumble beneath him.
This wasn't happening.
What can I do, pabbi? I-I can, um, I can-- I can ask auntie Tauris and uncle Fig if they have medicine. Or we could go to Riverclan again. Or-- her breath hitches, holds ever tightly her lungs. you can get better. We can fix it.
She knew, somewhere, that they could not.