Moonlit Thoughts

"Oh." Viviane still wasn't quite following this Abraxas thing, but she nodded anyway. It clearly meant a lot to Ghost, and it seemed to be really bothering her. "I feel the same," she said. "It feels like just when I've got some confidence in my path and some control over my life, everything started spiraling completely out of control in ways I can't predict. I worry about my family, my pack, my friends. I need to learn as much as I can to try to... I don't know." She sighed. The world seemed to get more complicated the more she knew about it. Learned all she could about healing herbs, and suddenly the goalpost moved and the herbs glowed instead. Figure that one out.

She watched alongside Ghost as a bird fluttered off, their gazes both following the feather as it drifted down. Ghost stood and picked up the feather, returning to Viviane and setting the feather in front of her. Viviane traced the glowing feather with her eyes, troubled, but intrigued. At Ghost's words, she lifted her head quickly to meet her gaze and smiled. "That's as true as anything is. All we can do is keep our heads up and see where this takes us."