Noctisardor Bypass talking to the moon

"what? no, druid, no," heda protested, starting to panic. she held her sister's hand even more firmly and stared up at etienne, hating how much she trusted him to have some answer.
and yet heda knew there would be none for this. "we could — rivenwood is so big, druid, i'm sure there's a place where ... where we could take turns being with you."
but even as she spoke, the den mother knew it was untenable. druid's children would seek her out. they wouldn't understand that they couldn't approach their mother, and heda didn't know how to explain it.
what her sister had suggested was best, as much as she hated it, as much as she felt like druid was being abandoned to something none of them could stop or understand.
her heart cried out to god, and tears softly struck the face of the water. "what happens if you get sick? we'll never know, you —"