Broken Antler Fen Where are tHE TURTLES?! WHERE ARE THEY?!

Maia couldn't help but blush when she received the ovation.  It had been such a dumb song! It really didn't deserve all of that.  She laughed, nervously at first, but the automatic reaction actually did help calm some of her nerves.  It always felt good to laugh!

You can learn a lot just by talking to wolves from other places.  My mom picked up a lot of stories when she was younger, since she used to travel.  I try to do the same now.  Remembering Osprey hurt less than it used to, but she hadn't really realized until then how much her travel was influenced by her desire to be like her mom.  It felt good, thinking she might maybe be proud of that.

But the best thing I learned is, when no one knows a thing for sure, then anything you think is true probably is.  That's the secret to good storytelling.  The fact that the trolls were a story didn't make it any less true, and there was a secret part of Maia that would never fully die out that honestly believed there might be secret trolls out there, listening to them sing.