Destroying Castles In The Sky

Modesty hadn't dared to hope. Life wasn't kind like that, not to the likes of her. Even then Sakana had warned her not to get her hopes up. He might not remember any of it with such extensive injuries, might not remember her. So she guards herself and guards her heart, waiting for what feels like an age. Sakana knew to get her if he asked for her but he hadn't, or if he had the healer hadn't passed it on, besides, it wasn't as if she was particularly mobile at the moment either.

It's Moo that lets her know he's up, and she waddles down the stairs from the treehouse, sides bulging, barely able to breathe. Still, she lengthens her stride, eating up the short distance to the moor. By now she's not sure if Kenway's cattle dogs are actually barking or if it's all in her head. Their goat herd seemed to be expanding by the day, and they'd have spares to slaughter over the winter, if the hunting was scarce so at least there was that, but it hardly seemed important right now.

He's so still, she almost convinces herself he isn't real. Her breath catches in her throat before she tentatively steps next to him and takes a seat alongside. She wants nothing more than to lean into him to throw all her weight at him and lay across his back and tell him not to ever put her through that again... but did he even know who she was? She only held back for the sake of the babies that were about to burst right out of her belly.

"It's good to see you up, you had us worried."

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