Noctisardor Bypass gyonplei

"she was kind. she took my brother and i in right next to her own pups after our own mom disappeared." if heda searched very hard, she could find a vestige of praimfaya, tucked away far within her memories.
she wanted to ask in turn what sort of father mahler had managed to be after he'd abandoned rivenwood, but that was both too bitter and too dangerous to ask.
he had paused, exhaled, walked again. heda thought he struggled with what to say but then again, maybe he only struggled with wanting to be near her. and so she spoke no more.
heda stopped before they reached the den, turning to present not her gaze but a hesitant profile to anselm. "do you want to come in and see them?"