Redtail Rise Neath the Halo of a street lamp.

That’s smart. You are, I mean. He complimented the other man somewhat shyly, marveling at how easy it seemed to be for him to live a life that was true. He seemed so sure of the things he wanted, those that were good and should be sought. Ashlar always found himself at a crossroads of impossible things, likely because the things he wanted were always for others and never his own sureness. Perhaps this was the thing he should find… something he wanted for its own sake.

A little moved by the realization, Ashlar tucked it away for later.

I struggled with that. Just leaving, last year. But trying to stay was worse. It was never enough, and if they wouldn’t know me, it was better they know others. @Reki had been his apprentice for months now and still did not know that the healer was his father. Arric was wiser than he had been in this too. Though Ashlar could not bring himself to be unhappy that two of his sons had found him, and known him, on his own regard.