Sun Mote Copse dreams see us through to forever, where clouds roll by for you and i

Njord knew his wife enough to tell that many more thoughts swam behind the wet surface of her eyes. He offered her an encouraging nuzzle and then led Meerkat to a small glen of trees by Mercy’s garden.

There, a young apple tree stood and small fruit grew among its boughs.

“Ah dinnae ken if ye recall… but once upon a time, before we were ta’gether, you showed me an apple tree upon the Caldera,” he said. “When Ah found this one, it reminded me of fallin’ in love with ye all over again.”

Njord looked at the red and green fruit, not yet ripe for the taking. It was a mystery how it even got here, for there wasn't another in the territory. “Feels like, even in tha land, a little bit of us will stay here forever,” he mused.