The places we never should have left
07-22-2020, 06:19 PM
When Acere came into view he was pleased to see that his expression showed that he was happy to see him arrive. Casso's worries that the amount of time that had passed would have soured his return were dashed and he gave his uncle a small smile as the older man approached him. When he asked about his journey being a safe one, Casso chuckled softly and gave a small shake of his head. "The trip back was fairly uneventful. The weather certainly held me up a bit, but nothing really to note. However, on the way to Valhalla I got into a fight with a pair of coyotes and that injury was the main reason it took me so long to get back. Of course Aunt Baine wouldn't let me leave until I was fully healed again, but I'm still sorry that it took me so long to get back."
"They're doing well," he replied with a bit of wistfulness. He was thrilled to have the chance to reconnect with Acere and the rest of the Praetor side of his family, but he was certainly going to miss seeing the other half of his family on a regular basis. "They've settled into Valhalla really well it seems. Aunt Baine is... tired most of the time, but she's still in good spirits." He wasn't sure how else to describe the sickness she had been dealing with for quite some time now. It kept her bound to her den most days, but she still always seemed so cheerful whenever he spoke to her. "She seemed really happy to hear that you were leading the pack here and I think that helped her feel better about me leaving again."
"Aunt Baine wanted me to tell you... that she doesn't regret going with you that night in the desert and she wishes that things had played out differently." He hadn't asked for her to elaborate when she had given him that message and he wasn't fully up to speed with the history between her and his uncle so he wasn't sure what she meant, but he had promised to deliver the message all the same. "She also said that if things happen to take a better turn with her health she would like to come up here and to not be a stranger if you ever go down toward Valhalla."
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