Redtail Rise stoneward

She couldn't help when her eyes widened slightly, lips pulling down in a surprised frown. His tone and the clipped, abrupt statement gutted her. This wasn't the Ancelin she knew, this was someone who was shutting her out, bit by bit. She continued to travel for a bit in silence, trying to puzzle it out for herself- and it wasn't until she looked inward that she realized she was likely experiencing what Ancelin had experienced when he'd first met her- a child left behind by their family. 

She meandered close enough to him to lightly brush her shoulder against his, if he was not quick enough to move away. "Hey," She said, not looking directly at him. She gave a shrug, made almost invisible by the rise and fall of her shoulderblades while she was in motion. "I know what it'th like." Her cerulean gaze flicked to take measure of him in her peripheral vision. "Thowwy it happened to you too." She apologized gruffly.