Stone Circle When You Think of Love, Do You Think of Pain?

Nikai nodded, glad to hear that there were wolves who'd stuck around a bit longer. She was right, many wolves simply came and went. There was no one here except for Valette that Nikai remembered from when he'd lived here before, less than a year ago. A lot changed in a year. He wondered idly how Poppy was doing. She'd gone, too, and long ago from what he could tell. Do you like it here? he asked, though he imagined the answer to be 'yes'. But some wolves simply stayed because they had nowhere else to be, so the therapist slash coach in him felt the need to ask anyway.

As for her comment on the strangeness of talking to deceased relatives by their graves, Nikai smiled as she reassured that it wasn't strange. Nikai still missed Keoni, even though it was half a lifetime ago for him that he'd lost her. It had just been so sudden and abrupt. Her life had known much suffering, but instead of letting it bring him down Nikai always tried to live his life to the fullest, knowing it could be over any time.