Rising Sun Valley peregrine

even off a cliff? why do we revere them so much? it felt safest to ask her this — he'd already angered father enough.

but her eyes are drawn to his amulet — the one piece of sharadoii that until now he has been allowed to keep.
yes.. she made it for me when she fell ill.. his gaze plummets to the floor, wincing. very ill. back then he was too innocent to know. but now.. he could still see the sorrow and fear mixed in her cherry eyes — the ones that were now his own.

..she's healed, but.. as he sighs, the boy's head cranes upwards. wind pushes his mane and ears. she wouldn't have known then.