Moonspear ^____________^

Her yellow eyes glanced at the offerings, then flicked up to his face as Alaric tried to diagnose what afflicted her. Pie didn’t argue when he said she was said about Pauk. She missed him and felt sympathy for their poor anaa, though she would’ve described herself as a perfectly happy individual up until recently.

Alaric made it sound as though her mind had, well, a mind of its own. Tiuttuk frowned thoughtfully. Sometimes Sialuk spoke of a shadow on her spirit. Perhaps Pie had one too and she just hadn’t been aware of it until now. She didn’t know how that was possible—how she could be so oblivious to her own affliction—but she couldn’t deny the Emprex described the experience to a “T.”

But why does it happen when I leave Moonspear? Or even just think about leaving? Pie wondered, thinking back on last week’s thwarted venture to the glen. I was fine the day anang and Killdeer took me to visit Great Grandma Towhee, at least until I got sick. But that was because I didn’t eat breakfast that morning, that’s all.

She realized it sounded like she was trying to argue with Alaric, which was definitely not her intention. Tiuttuk flashed him a smile, hoping he understood her frustration was directed at this inexplicable issue. He was only the messenger and she knew that.