Ouroboros Spine The Heart is a resilient creature

surprise crossed moonwoman's face, followed by a resigned understanding. rodyn had stood alone for moontide in all this time.  "you have made them strong and kept your village safe. no man is able to say he has done more."

her words were meant.

two children. this she understood, but to see rodyn removed from not one but two places he had loved. her sigh was gentle. "where will you go? perhaps i will walk with you, rodyn."

but her eyes said she sensed his pain; they proclaimed her own. "no. they are not sunshine. but i will make them part of us."