Emberwood kigon

certainly she had broken something in ezra when she had grabbed him and dragged him out of rivenwood. and now skaigona found herself annoyed at the very stubbornness he had developed to save himself.
and she was bereft in her own stubbornness, unable to call upon god for soothing any longer. she must do this alone, figure it out by herself. and ezra — he was right not to go back.
"stay below rivenwood when i go to visit," she said at last, quiet in her acceptance of her son's growing mind. "i'll go there last. then we'll keep on. circle back, like you said. maybe head for the sea."
skaigona was looking for all of them; she needed some sign that further successes could be had. "let's go to this pack and ask. we can see if there are others. and then we'll keep going. if we end up back in the mountains, let's stay further up or down, not where we were before," rambling.