Lost little lamb

She felt his heavy head against hers, a comfort. She froze as he spoke his fear. His fear that Spider would leave too. Would they? Would they truly be so upset with her that they would abandon Bas? Her paws grew clammy and cold, stilled over his arm.

Her mind ran for solutions, weaving the cunundrum around her mind, looking at it from all angles. If she and Bas told Spider this way.... Maybe they'll react this way? What if they never told them? More heartbreak when her true title would be revealed. Every way she looked at it... It would cause them hurt. Maybe... If she told them by herself? No... If Bas told them with her there? No....

A gift? An acknowledgement of how they knew this would pain them... Maybe if they presented it in a fun way... No, they weren't a child.

"I'll make them something... They were thinking of getting a piercing... Maybe I can make them one and you can give it to them... With the news?" Bas didn't know of her own feelings for Spider and their promise they made at the bonfire. She didn't feel any less for Spider, she wished she could see their lovely laugh again and teasing nature.

"Speech"