Noctisardor Bypass shadows settle in the place that you left

despite the headaches persisting, ava could be found in good spirit these days. she kept mostly to herself, humoring her mama and sister where prompted -- but like dinah, there was a growing divide in her heart, and she felt that there was little use for girls like her in this world.

she thought of the hard-eyed stranger, and the soft man with the kind eyes. she owed them a lot, and they occupied her thoughts often.

today was an unusually warm day for the season. she found dinah splattered with mud, little rows made in the hard ground. ava's gaze traveled inquisitively up dinah's darkened legs, to her face -- a silent 'what is?' communicated in her inquisitive gaze.