Noctisardor Bypass church

Don’t be sorry, Druid said, offering her sister a reassuring smile. Just know that if and when you feel up to it, you’ll have a willing audience.

Her attention turned to Kikimora before her eyes raised to watch Artio and Averie chasing one another around the small clearing. The other children lay in a heap, watched over by Goldfinch’s goldfinch. Druid wondered how they could sleep through the screeching, though she supposed they’d all gotten rather accustomed to sleeping in a noisome habitat.

Things are good, Druid broke into the companionable silence that had fallen between Heda and herself again, and getting better every day. She paused, laughing lightly through her nose before adding, Should we start rounding them and putting them to bed? What say you, Kiki? Hm?