Heron Lake Plateau so long

Making the decision to move to the Copse had been the easy part, in retrospect. Now that it had been made, Fin was faced with the challenge of actually informing her kids of that decision. Now that was going to be rough. Much of her reasoning for leaving had been made with their best interests in mind, but she somehow didn't think they would see it the same way once they found out. Honestly, the best approach would be to let Elwood tell them while she went on ahead and got settled in the Copse. Somehow, that didn't seem fair. Or helpful. Or like it was actually the best approach it all. It was probably just the easiest.

Speaking of telling kids, Fin was interrupted from her thoughts by her eldest's call. She frowned a little anxiously, wondering what this might be about. Knowing there was only one way to find out, she made the trip to the borders to meet him. She was pleased to find Elwood there already so if the conversation came down to the whole hey, we're bailing on you thing, she at least had him as a buffer. But even as she stepped up to join the little party and failed to consider how odd it was to find Eljay here of all places (and subsequently realize what it must mean), she didn't think it would come to that. She already suspected her son might follow Wildfire, as he'd accidentally ended up doing before when he'd wound up in Drageda's ranks. So really, there wasn't anything to worry about here at all.

She hoped.