Noctisardor Bypass kids are sad, the sky is blue, there are monsters in the spare bedroom

heda shook her head, feeling as though it were obvious why etienne had left but not wanting to say that for fear of coming off more aggressively than she meant.
dinah was still gone.
druid mentioned the other day, couching it in a need for heda, but her sister assumed that was only a ruse. druid needed to talk about it, and so the red-nape turned an open face to her sibling. "how are you feeling about him just showing up?" heda asked softly. "and yes, i'd love to start there. the kids should know it's safe to go as far as they want in the bypass now."