The Sunspire Walk Among the Shadows

She listened silently as he vented his frustrations, her unspoken hope that even that much would help him a bit. Holding such things in was never good; anger was like poison and needed to be drawn out before it festered in the blood. She found him to be correct in his statements and nodded in agreement, pausing thoughtfully after he had finished.

"Well luckily your big sister is wise in such things. And what she says you need is a good round of chase." She slapped her forepaw a playfully, tail waving. It was a somewhat naive notion, she knew, that his problems could be solved in a game. But if she could take his mind off his troubles for a time, and get a genuine smile set on his face, then she'd consider it at least a small victory. And it was the battles that won the war.