Otatso Wetlands 40 nights to sit and listen to that midnight train to memphis

She didn't pretend to know that that meant, but his smile did spark a tiny coil of warmth in the pit of her stomach. In the next moment, however, it flickered and died. Aditya told her of his losses, and a small sound - "Hmn." - that might have been empathy escaped the dark woman. She, too, had known loss. It had left her somewhat cold and pragmatic toward these things, and in any case, she was not the type to weep with strangers. It was not her loss, but she did have an inkling of his sorrows.

"They will come for me," she said in response to Aditya's offer. "If they need to. They know where I was headed."

Which reminded her - "Incidentally - would you happen to know where a pack called Easthollow is?"