Parenthood is difficult, even with the support of Steller and Valeska and Spider. And with Eabha's recent developments, learning the girl could not feel pain, Dimitri doesn't know what to do. The pack is weighing on her, too, and she can't help but worry that she's not going to be good enough. It only has to last until the Goldencourtes return, she says. She only has to care so long as Fable or one of her daughters returns. And then she and Fiadh will hand off the rule, happily, and perhaps think about returning to Elysium when the land is cured.

Though something makes her wonder if that's ever going to truly happen.

Kaphiri is one of the flock, though, and he must be worried sick. Dimitri hadn't been seeking him out, but now that she sees him, she stops her bone arrangements and nods towards him.

"Kaphiri."

She ignores the portents of doom whispering up from the bones.

"Are you all right? Seeking the sun?" She smiles wistfully. "Come. Sit with me. I've seen nothing today but shadows in the bones, a sign I should probably consider company."