Sleepy Fox Hollow Feet upon the ground

eti let loose with a stream of traumatized words, and mahler did his level best to parse the accent. the boy was a sibling, a child. he had experienced multiple familial losses until the last, his grandmother, mahler took to mean.
a heavy arm was extended to the young one.
"you may rest here. but do they know vhere you are, etienne?" mahler asked softly. "you are not bad to leave. but ve must not leave them vorried for long."
he paused. "do you mean to go back? or are you done vith the sea?"