Moonspear The line is where the night lies

She nodded wordlessly and trailed behind Alaric as he relocated. Soon enough, they were seated beside each other with a decent view of the ungulates. Tiuttuk observed them for a moment, though soon her thoughts preoccupied her. Her yellow eyes glazed as she pondered where to begin.

Pala’s leaving and taking the boys with her. She said you offended her that day at the borders, though instead of trying to resolve it, she’s just going to dip. I didn’t try to talk her out of it, especially because she said she refused to clear the air with you, Pie said, catching his eye. I’m not in the business of trying to strongarm people. If she doesn’t want to be here, if she doesn’t want to communicate with us, then she’s better off going.

Her head dipped. She hated to lose touch with Pala’s sons, though Treepie had dropped the ball on that anyway. She took responsiblity for that, even though it was probably for the best that she’d detached and drifted away. Part of her knew that must be a factor in Pala’s derparture too, though, and she heaved a sigh.

Carrying the thread to its conclusion, Pie said, That means it’s just you, me, Tiki… and Elk. This village hasn’t been strong in a while, Alaric, and I know we talked about merging with Moonglow. I thought about it like you asked but decided I would never leave Moonspear. And then I went to visit taataa at the caldera…