Shine Bright Like a Diamond

Acere's words comforted her. She understood his words, even if part of her still wanted to blame her siblings for wandering off. No matter Acere's words, they still defied direct orders. Lumi's sense of justice was absolute in the way a child's usually was. They were wrong. She was right. Lumi stared at her paws glumly. Heloise had done right to chase after her siblings, but why'd they have to go wander off in the first place? "Thank you, I love you too," she murmured, still staring down at the snow between her legs. "But I still miss momma." To her younger daughter, Heloise had hung the moon and stars. Her sky had grown dark without her mother around. "What do I do without her? And... are you going to leave to look for them too?"