Riding the emptiness

Of all those around me, I think that I am closest to Silken in heart. She is to me much like a blood sister. Often I end up spending more time with the kaiila than I do other humans and find I miss her more than any other.

I was excited when I found her at the fires though I was a bit leary of the bota she carried. I know her heart aches with the absence of Shi. I still remember telling him that if he hurt her, he would have to answer to me. For all of my fluff and bluster I know that probably will not come about. I have to admit I do not understand men or their ways. I am angry with him for not being there for her.

Instead, Silk and I rode and talked. We rode across the emptiness, hoping to find the other side. I wanted to help in some way even if it was just to make her mad enough to feel something. I needed her too though I kept what troubled my heart to myself.

We watched the sunset on kaiilaback and set up camp on the outerskirts of the harriga. The move would begin in the morning but for this one night ... we had each other and the world did not seem quite so vast or lonely or even so far away.