with one headlight

She liked the surprised smile she pulled out of him as she offered her affction, for so long she had put a hard distance between them. She had been so unable to deal with her loneliness being close with him hurt more than helped. Now, she was healing. She could see her selfishness and she could be happy that the one she cared so deeply about had found the other half of his heart. Now that she had known Iolaire, she could only hope that she would find hers.

He rumbled contentedly at her as she saw the state of his fur, cleaning the dust from his desert run. He agreed, too long had passed but he wouldn’t offer up any information, she had to ask the right questions. She lifted a brow curiously, for a moment wondering if he was trying to hide something from her. ”How is the Armada coming? I was worried its expansion would stall with your leg…” She started curiously. Of course she had helped to patrol the temporary borders while he was forced to take things easy, but she didn’t know how much he’d been able to finish with the handicap.