Nova Peak barriers of trust will fade

was this stranger moved by sobeille’s account?

a newfound glint shone in the emerald’s eye; she envied this mountaineer’s moving empathy.  the earnestness in which emotions easily flit across ravens call’s face — genuine to the point she believed could not be easily feigned — showed sobeille perhaps these neighbors didn’t darken sapphique’s doorstep with their presence.

okay. she breathed, resigning to this eventuality. she did not imagine the woodsman would be similarly moved, but perhaps with his own children on the way, who knew.

whatever knowledge you bring, i will see to it dat you be rewarded for it. sobeille gave the seal pup one last look before backing away. you can ‘owl for me any time.

sobeille turned and picked her way back down the mountain slope, admiring the view of her beloved sea as made her way home.