The sun shines through the clouds and lands on the bed of leaves and grass where she lies. Slowly, she awakens and looks around her, gazing at how things have changed while she slept and healed. Groaning at the stiffness in her muscles, she gets up and walks over to the cage containing beastie and pats her head through the bars. Beastie looks up at her with a solemn gaze. "I know this is for the best, but that doesn't mean I'm happy about it. Maybe He'll show up someday." beastie quietly says. "I won't let any others in that will hurt us, beastie, I swear it!" This the girl says with passion in her voice, the first that has been heard from her in a while.
She walks away from beastie and heads over to slave, who is holding the little girl in her arms. "Thank you for watching over me," she says to slave. "What else could I do? You were in no shape to continue on as you were. You needed time to heal. You are still healing even now, but you are over the worst of it. It's time for you to take over again as it was never my place to begin with." This is said to the girl with no disdain, only acceptance of the situation.
The girl turns to the little one and takes her from slave. She holds her close and whispers that she will do better by the little one from now on.
There was no need for anyone to show their disappointment to the girl as she felt enough heartache for them all and they all know that it's time to move on. The past is the past and the future is what they need to look forward to. Let whatever may come happen and they will deal with it as need be.
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