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We did, actually. She shared, lowering her voice conspiratorially and exaggerating a touch. Maia knew it would come as a shock to all of their kids that she and Eljay had ever argued. It was a misunderstanding, but it was still hard. He really loved it here, but I didn’t want to leave my home either. And neither of us wanted to make the other do something they didn’t want to do.

They’d sorted it out, but not necessarily in a way she’d liked. She was glad Eljay had come to her and that they’d built a life together in Brecheliant, but she was also glad he’d been able to come back to the Caldera he loved so much. He and the rest of his family never saw each other, and she’d never gotten past the sense that part of that was her fault.