Blackfeather Woods does the lighthouse shine to seek, or to be found?

she received no answer regarding food, so she hunkered down, keeping close. she had no words, really. Tahani stared at the voiceless woman for a while, lips quirking with her own strangled sentiments. the northern tongue did no good here; it would fall on deaf ears, without comprehension of the language.

instead, Tahani made soft noises under her breath, eyes moving to fix on the new mother. it had been an exhausting scene for all of them, and she felt sleep pulling at her every nerve, though she was still too on-guard to succumb. she was afraid what would happen if she left Ocracoke alone with the babes. nothing good, she thought.