Hoshor Plains dawncloud

feeling like ariadne was retreating, and swiftly, chickadee hummed aloud, "listen. they have to sort all this out, you know. but that doesn't mean we can't or shouldn't talk about it." aware she'd strayed into a place of pain for the moonsong leader, chickadee would let it go there.
"you're not a burden. remember that. i'm the only one not involved in what's going on," she added with a wry grin, before she saw something among the members of the herd. "oh, look! there's — horses? antelope?" she said, trying to guess what the tall and leggy animals could be.