Swiftcurrent Creek It's hard but I feel it, and it really does hurt when you love someone

She shrugged, a little baffled by Arlette's denial and reasoning. It'd just go in a cache anyway. Take it if you want it, Mae said mildly; she wouldn't argue the subject further, mostly because she didn't care enough. But it was weird to her.

Yeah, I'm sure the welcoming party will be any day now, Her next words were tinged with sarcasm. Mae didn't feel her return had been particularly well-met, but whatever. She was home now.