It was fortunate that Gitan decided to allow the issue of who deserved the compliments to be dropped. If he had diverted back to the topic then they could have probably continued around in this manner for quite some time and it likely would have become a rather dull and pointless conversation rather quickly. She hadn't really spent time with the man before, Novella would rather spend it on another topic than childishly pushing away any compliments that may or may not have been deserved.
Poor Sorrel, poor all of them in fact. Never before had she suddenly had a loved one disappear on her in that manner and whilst she missed her sister, she could only imagine the pain that Gitan and their children felt on the matter. A part of her almost regretted bringing up the subject but she had needed to know and to be honest she had hoped for some good news on the matter.
A small sorrowful sigh would pass her lips, it was a difficult subject and for a moment she wished they could return to that light-hearted moment of arguing over the compliments. "She'll come home." She reassured him with a half-hearted smile. She had to come back after all. Why she'd left in the first place Novella wasn't sure she'd ever understand, she'd initially given Song a hard time after she had left Ahlon so surely she wouldn't, couldn't do the same thing, especially not to her children.
