I want to be little again

A small smile tugged at her lips with her face buried in her father's coat as he wished to take this pain from her and declared that nothing bad should ever happen to her. Even though it was an impossibility in every regard, it was still a statement that was so true to him and she loved him dearly for it. This was certainly not the first bad thing to happen to her and she was sure it would not be the last, but it never stopped her father from trying to cuddle away the worst of it. Cuddles couldn't reverse what happened and they couldn't undo the damage that it had done to her body, but they did bring a much needed smile to her face even if it was a weak one. His love and reassurance that he was just glad that he wasn't burying his little girl felt like a double edged sword, but she understood what he was trying to say–probably more deeply than she ever had before. She was here and in the end she would be fine. She–and her parents–could be glad for that, but at the sacrifice of their pups that she and Saracyn had to burry.

She did her best to put that thought out of her mind no matter how difficult it was. She was forced to continue on and find a path forward regardless of what happened so thinking like that wouldn't help anything. Luckily, she was given a sweet distraction in the form of her father's gentle affections and his offer of something to eat or drink. The offer made her realize just how long it had actually been since she had either as she slipped further and further into the void of her own grief and loathing and her stomach immediately began to rumble in response. Gently lifting her head from his chest, she nodded quietly as she looked up at him and reluctantly began to let go of him. She started to roll onto her stomach, shifting a bit to keep the blankets draped over most of her body and just have from her shoulders up exposed. For a moment she considered sitting up, but she wasn't confident she could do it without a bit of effort and she'd rather not worry her father any more than she already was. "There should be some food in our supplies still... Out in the main chamber there's some shelves in an alcove with whatever we have on hand." She genuinely wasn't sure what was left since she had been fairly bed bound for a bit and Saracyn had been tending to all of the hunting for a while even before that, but she couldn't imagine that it was all gone.

"Avacyn Mendacium"