Swiftcurrent Creek I care too much

In her heart Mae knew all of these things to be true. She held Arric on a pedestal above all others; it was him she trusted the most, him she loved the way a daughter should love her father. He had never left her. Always he was there, always ready with a hug and a kind word.

But even his love could not heal the wounds of a childhood spent in abandonment; even now her heart was hardening against Swiftcurrent Creek and the life it had given her.

Whatcha know about fighting? She asked as they headed for the borders, thinking now that she would need to learn to defend herself in the world if she was to go out into it. It was not a kind place, she had learned, but full of dangers.

Mae intended to be prepared for them.