Blackfoot Forest [m] I think that she knows, can't keep sealed tight

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The visit to Bearclaw Valley left her oddly frayed and out of sorts. Reverie had waved her guardians away, requesting a rare moment of solitude in the woodland. The sun was low in the sky as she idly trailed a fox, faintly amused by how it hurried with increasing panic the longer she followed. The fox couldn't know she had no intention of harming it.

Eventually she surrendered the trail, letting the terrified creature slip out of sight. Her thoughts turned to the man who'd reminded her so much of her late husband. @Cole. There'd been something — sharper about him, she thought. Something dangerous. Maybe it was best that she'd kept her distance.