Emberwood Walking and the sky keeps falling down

Things don't last. She couldn't agree more. Nothing was more proven during her life than the inevitability that loved ones would die, or trusted ones would disappoint, or good times would be ruined with suffering. She had come to expect it, really—there were no surprises that way. No they don't, she said, her expression distant as her mind waded through all the instances where she had learned that truth the hard way. 

I think I have given you the impression that I am more agreeable than I really am, she teased, hoping to make him smile. More seriously, she offered: But I am sure that if she was your friend, I would have liked her too. Of course, they would never get to find out, and that knowledge made her sad for him. She rested her head on her paws and released a sigh, her mind drifting to all the wolves in her own life Taikon would never meet. There were quite a lot, most of them family. It was comforting to know that she would at least be able to introduce him to Simmik.