Moonspear know that the shine inside will always keep you strong

She didn’t answer him right away. She focused on inhaling, then exhaling, until the splitting sensation in her skull became nothing more than a subdued ache. The rest of her body—particularly her guts—still felt a little knotted from the experience, so next she focused on relaxing the clench, one body part at a time.

He’s done everything he can, she finally murmured, looking down at her paws as she continued wrestling with herself. We’re hopeful that the symptoms will improve over time, she continued, taking a particularly deep breath before telling Katmai, It’s only been a couple of weeks since I—well, I lost time.

Her eyes flicked sideways, finding his. She really hadn’t want to go over this with him, or with anyone. Treepie mulled a moment, pulling together the quickest summary she could and hoping Katmai wouldn’t have questions—though anticipating that he would.

A couple weeks back, I woke up one morning thinking it was early summer, that Moonspear had only just fallen and Alaric, Tiki and I were headed to the caldera. But it was actually late summer. We’d made that trip months ago and I’d apparently absconded into the wilderness to… Her nose wrinkled, her stomach knotting all over again. Everything after that day is just… gone. And I have no idea what happened to me, other than my guess about taking a knock to the head.

Her shoulders sagged as she concluded the tale, then stiffened as she waited to see what her acquaintance might say to this story, which—especially hearing it laid out loud like that—sounded absolutely outrageous.