Swiftcurrent Creek fairy-shouting

lestan mayfair returned from his sojourn with a glen-woman burning in his mind and an ache for winter's wake gnawing at his spirit with heavy bites.
but he carried a dripping skin of fish and some meat from an earlier kill. lestan would not be seen as non-contributive, even if he did go away for a while at a time.
pain and restlessness combined in his heart. perhaps he should leave the wilds after all. he did not know what to do, but sought @Arlette with his bounty, and a snippet of pear-bark he had cut away just for her.