Sun Mote Copse Jabberjay

Wraen had not intended to insult Eljay, but was not surprised to see him hurt by her words. She had mixed feelings about this, because he was her packmate, he had treated her as a good friend during the many months of their acquaintance and in the face of all that he had suffered, it was unfair to do it more. Kicking someone, who was already on the ground did not feel nice and nagged at her conscience. She recalled Wildfire's advice on being "very, very, very patient with Eljay" and she had given an honest try, which had got her nowhere. Her cousin's mate was just as insecure as he had been and still thought that the full weight of the world on his shoulders was his alone to bear. 

Now would have been a good moment to apologize and make sincere amends. To tell Eljay that he was a good and caring father, who adored his kids and had loved them as much as he could. That his only failure was the belief that he could change, who people were. Yet... just as the world outside was neither safe, nor joyous, Wraen thought that Eljay should face the truth in its real colours and not the one's he wanted them to be. Another kick it would be then. "When I spoke to Elfie, he never once said that he hated you. I saw a boy, who strived for appreciation from his father with the means he had," she told him.  

"Love is not fair," she told him. "Neither is it easy, simple or straightforward," she paused and then went on. "It is about compromise too. You are two very different people, you can't change each other, but you can meet half-way. Let Elfie take his chances in his life and he may be more inclined to listen to your advice. Don't restrict him - you see, what happens, when you try. And he will sooner learn from his own mistakes that you were right in the first place."