Dragoncrest Cliffs Meet in the middle

The word that Etienne lived came to her as a relief. Having watched his littermate get snatched into the skies shortly after he’d been old enough to walk and wander had set her up to believe that she might yet lose one of her precious children and when Etienne had run off after the deaths of his grandmothers, she had wondered if she would ever see him again.

It had not ceased the restless rippling of an anxious heart that pined for her gentle child, however. Suzu had explained that Etienne would not come home and return to them, and that reality had stung. Still- she would never shun a child who returned to her clutch, even temporarily.

So while she felt slighted, relief reigned supreme and she greeted him with welcoming fondness, startled to see how much he had grown over time.