Trouble Comin'

Things had changed considerably since her encounter with the ghost of her former mate, Roan. Iolaire had woken up a bit. She was still a little strange and odd, but that would never go away. There was an underlying somberness to her these days as she fought to differentiate between reality and fiction. She tried to hide it from the others, but she knew that they noticed. Never one to be a burden, Io would handle her own issues.

Spending time with Eska helped. Her younger sister was a lot like their mother in the way that she was so calming and grounded. They had an easy relationship, neither needing to talk much. As they ran patrols and rested, there came a bear. Io, obviously too small to do much, took to skirting around the bear, sinking her teeth in here and there. As she ran, ducked and dodged, she shot instruction to Eska. "Bear elbows are tender. Tendons are easy to rend."

"Speech"