Now Look What You've Done

It was an exhausting day expectedly, but even then Relm wasn't finding it easy to sleep. She could respect Irilyth for standing up for her, and even though she was adamant about keeping Alastor out and away from her if only for the night, that wasn't what she wanted. As open as she was for him, and she'd almost never deny him anything, this was one or the only thing. A barrier she threw down to keep them just that last strand apart. This is how she saw it in her mind. It hurt regardless, more than anyone may have known, she didn't give anyone the opportunity to experience. Maybe just Irilyth, but that may have been something known to the healer already.

She still kept her head down in the dark den even while she wasn't sleeping. Sometimes her thoughts were racing, but she also was just caught in this space of not feeling anything at all. Shutting herself down, she wasn't sure what the morning would bring. With her and Alastor that was.

When someone approached then den and Irilyth stood to meet them they probably had the same idea. Alastor. She may not have been completely ready for him like she had been after everything had been done, but she would have been more accepting of his presence now. She was surprised when it wasn't him but Manea. Or, at least a little surprised, she couldn't be completely caught off guard by it. Her head rose from her paws when Manea faced off with Irilyth and soon would come to join her, easy to say Relm was just the same as she always had been. Looking away from her, avoiding eye contact. That didn't mean she wasn't listening. She stayed silent just for that moment as Manea spoke, only glancing for a second before answering her, "Irilyth... took care of it. It was just blood..." Having a burial for babies that couldn't even be pointed out wasn't something that crossed her mind in the slightest. She wasn't necessarily considering that now. But if that's what Manea was after, or Alastor, then surely Irilyth could give them that still. Though when given that opportunity, or idea, Relm would have wanted to share that with Alastor, at least not knowing the condition that he was in back at home.

"Relm"