Moonspear i hope you dance

He didn’t seem to pick up on the beseeching look in her eye, the unspoken message her taut expression conveyed. Treepie couldn’t help the way she stiffened when he drew closer, murmuring his affections. She couldn’t bear it any longer. If he wasn’t going to go, then she would.

She could only shoot him an apologetic grimace as she slipped away. Pie was loath to hurt him, yet she had to look after herself, especially now that both her parents were in the wind. She puffed out a breath as she climbed back toward her ulaq, her heart breaking afresh as she refused to look back.