Swiftcurrent Creek what was i made for?

She would stay.

If relief had ever blanketed him before, it was never as euphoric as this. The knowledge that at least one of his children was safe—that they had come home—was more than he could have asked for in the dreary days that had recently passed.

“Good,” he uttered, clearing his throat from the emotion he felt while pulling back to look at her. Viinturuth was mentioned, and the man gave a quirk at the corner of his lips. “He acts as a ranger, mostly, for us—he never could stay put for long. But he told me he ran in to you…”

The call of a crow stirred him to shift his weight, causing his pale eyes to glance up briefly, noting the cloudy sky. Spring was coming. Perhaps, this meant that warmth and promise were right around the corner.

“There are many things I should fill you in on,” he admitted then, squaring his gaze back to her. “You’re an older sister, for one… Though, none of them live here, any longer.”

And now it was time to lay out his failures for his world to see.