Alysanne wasn’t sure what exactly had compelled her to do so, but she had gathered some of her most precious keepsakes today when she was heading out - three feathers from her nest. One a rich brown, one a bright white, and one mottled black and white - tokens from three of those in this world that she held closest to her heart. Although Iona was around and certainly would have come with her on this excursion if she had asked, Alysanne wasn’t heading out with a particular destination in mind and so just planned on wandering until she found something. So she wanted to carry these trinkets with her as her mind often went to her children and her sister - never a day passing when it didn’t.
Equipped with the small bag that Raeden had given her, the doctor and her companion set out on the search of new plants to expand the garden they tended. After a while, she started to realize how impractical it was to wear feathers just sticking out of her mane here and there. If she moved too quickly, or if the wind picked up at the right angle (as it was doing as she crossed the Thistle Meadow on her way south) they went flying out of her mane and Hemlock had to swoop down and collect them again.
On one such even, just a little north of the flaming heart, Hemlock was bringing them back to her when she noticed that the white feather had a kink in it. “Oh Hemlock! Look, Arty’s feather is all bent.” Her voice was without accusation towards him - it was her fault for bringing these precious things out with her. Carefully, the little owl placed the treasures on the ground and tried to straighten out.
‘Put in the bag?’ He offered as a suggestion as he worked, to little effect.
“No I worry that even in the bag they wouldn’t be safe, I should have left them in my nest. What was I thinking?” Quietly she cursed her sentimentality as she lowered her dark head down to get a look at the damage. These were the last feathers she had from her children - and although she was sure that she would see them again and would be able to gather more, she would grieve for their loss all the same.
*ALYSANNE
lying on the edge of a star
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convenient timing for Sohalia to show up, no? xD
she's outside of the caves and a little away from the heart, on the northern edges of the land :)
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