Bitterroot Valley you said you'd always be there for me

of course it took time. ghelan pouts, but he understood. just a little. he eyed her greenery, still pawing at the snow in a trance.

nursemaid. he echoed. it rolled off his tongue strange. whatever a nursemaid was, she must've been close to keda. a mother? second mother. are you my nursemaid? a genuine question, made true only by the widening of his eyes.