Two Rivers Isle I remember your silhouette on Dyes Inlet

Her eyes opened slowly at Eljay's touch, tears clinging to her lashes. There was nothing romantic about this interlude, though Wildfire did think to herself that it had been a long time since she'd been this close to someone (not counting her daughters), even longer since she'd known such empathy. Most of her emotional outbursts over the last few years had been met with awkwardness that leaned much more toward bewilderment.

It was nice, having someone who felt so strongly for and with her that he cried along too. Wildfire sniffled at the thought, rubbing her nose gingerly against his cheek in a sign of gratitude. She then unpeeled herself from him, just so she could look at his face. It was streaked with tears. He looked a bit like a wreck. She was sure she did too.

"Thank you, Eljay," Wildfire said softly, then butted her head against his shoulder. "Now that we've got that out of our system... let's go home."