Sleepy Fox Hollow Folk star

She was as atheistic as they came, Wylla. All such displays were looked upon with an intolerance akin to scorn. She was also superstitious and concerned that things like prayers were secretly witch's curses. She'd been quite harsh to Maegi as a result of that. She permitted Mahler to do this only because she cared deeply for him—anyone else would've been swiftly chased away.

Thought you had kids once, she said, a little insensitively. She hadn't forgotten that he said they were killed by fever, but it didn't cross her mind in the moment. He'd been good with Tiercel, too, even if Wylla wanted nothing to do with him back then. How could he claim to not know what he was doing? As though to shake off the strangeness of the last few minutes, she gave her ruff a jerk and stamped one paw.

You can hunt, she allowed, but I'm not so useless yet that I can't. I'll help.