Blacktail Deer Plateau I deserved that one.

At first, when he approached, she thought he might embrace her as he had when he was young.  It was hard, every time, a surprise that led into painful realization when without fail he pulled away.  With others it was so easy to temper expectations.  Children were another story, a fact she'd learn a thousand times over before she finally left this life behind.

She hid it with a smile, but the expression didn't last long before fading into somberness.  Erzulie had given her the news.

She was killed by a coyote near the borders.  Raleska and Rosencrantz tried to save her, but it was already too late.  She said, choosing the route of blunt honesty.  He was an adult now; there was no softening it.

Harps had not been there long enough to leave the crater others would, but Rosalyn had liked the girl. It made sense, if she was uneasy... she'd been timid, and in the end hadn't managed to defend that final blow.  

She didn't really know what to say after, and lapsed into quiet, gauging his reaction to the news.