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Redd had been mistaken in thinking them kin.  Druid did not recognize her or truly see her at all.  Redd could see this in the frustration that she showed and the way she insisted denying instinct was somehow different than denying herself.  

Redd was a creature of instinct.  She lived in the world that she felt and navigated it by pulse.  Words meant too little to her and too much to Druid for understanding.  They would never fit within one place.

I’m not what you want.  She said this with absolute certainty, and any regret she might have felt was now gone.  She was right to leave, and perhaps instead Druid would find another who she did see completely.  Surely she would eventually understand.

This time, when she left, Redd would not turn back.