Phantom pain

The redbud forest wasn't quite as lovely as Veigar remembered it. It was a combination of things, from his ever-so-slightly blurred vision to the strange emptiness forming inside his chest since his sickness, and finally to the strange loneliness that had gripped him since Aryn had left. Hearing his mother's voice again, so clearly as if she was still here, only for his hopes to be shattered swiftly with the reminder that he'd never quite see her again... he hadn't felt right since then. Even with the return of the sun that world didn't seem nearly half as brilliant as it had once seemed. Stalking through the forest he tried to find a reason to look up, but his eyes were permanently cast down, watching his paws as he trekked forward with no real purpose in mind.