Moonspear You can count on me

Ajei understood. She really did. She knew why he pushed and pushed himself for those he cared for. Probably more than he realized she understood. She had felt loss too. Perhaps not as much, but her's had been just as paramount. She wore the scars on her skin. But it was the natural order of things. Sometimes, not everyone made it.

She pressed against him. Curling her smaller paws around his much larger ones. Holding him as best she could. I will search while you sleep. I will listen and watch. It is not your responsibility alone, and Ariadne is an adult. No matter what. She is an adult. Arrluk it truly is not your burden to bear. It is admirable that you do, but you cannot take it all alone.

She knew her words may fall on deaf ears. He may grow angry with her. But the simple fact was Ariadne was an adult, who had made her own decisions many times over. Would it hurt if something were to happen to her, absolutely. But she was an adult.