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She watched, breath held- not knowing whether she might be attacked, shunned, or greeted as one who had once been family. She felt deserving of any reaction- after all, she had left the Rise, but she had done so to spare them all the bloodshed and loss. 

He moved toward her, tail waving so she took the risk- she bounded with high steps and an affectionate croon, her tail whirling in happy circles. 

”Mulherin,” she said, her eyes suddenly misty with tears. She felt a hitch in her throat. While she knew she’d made the right choice, the consequence was not getting to say goodbye to the ones she loved. ”Oh I’ve mithed you. I couldn’t go back, I’m tho thorry kid, I jutht…” He knew his mother’s ways. If Lilia had returned while Avicus had been Wealda, there would have been no peace. ”I wish I coulda thaid goodbye to yuh,” Gushes of emotion was not typically her style, but she felt he deserved an apology even if his mother was partially to blame for her sudden departure.