Broken Sonata

If she hadn't been sure that Saracyn was hiding something from her before she certainly was now. The way he looked at her when she mentioned how heavy his thoughts appeared to be told her she was spot on and the hesitation he had in answering her confirmed it. A small frown pulled at her lips as he quickly deflected her attempt to let him speak his mind and instead that it was just "dumb" thoughts. She didn't doubt that whatever was bothering him was a result of his own thoughts rather than something specific that had happened since she knew he wouldn't outright lie to her, but it very much felt like he wasn't telling the whole truth either. She didn't press him right away though, instead taking another bite or two of her meal until he spoke again, questioning her on how she was enjoying her time with Albion. She glanced up at him with a raised, questioning brow. He'd never brought up Albion before and she had mostly avoided talking about the wolf she was to marry since she knew it wasn't exactly a pleasant subject for her dear brother.

Whether he meant to or not, he gave away exactly what was bothering him with that question, her brow furrowing a bit as she tried to decide how to answer. With Saracyn now fully taking her attention, she pushed away the mostly eaten salmon as she licked her lips clean. "I have been," she replied honestly. She couldn't lie to him any more than he could lie to her. She knew that he'd see right through it if she tried to tell him that she wasn't just to soothe whatever worries he had made up for himself. "Not as much as I enjoy being with you, though," Avacyn added, feeling a need to reassure her brother even though she hoped that her desire to return to him each night and the happiness she wore when they were together was enough to prove that to him. She reached her white-tipped paw across to his, brushing her paw pads across the tops of his toes as she asked, "Do you want to tell me what's actually going on in that head of yours? Or do you want to drop it?"

"Avacyn Mendacium"