Duha lives alone by necessity not by choice. The world passes her by for the most part. Her past prevents her from getting close to other yaspilrmeth. The world around her is changing to the point where even she can't hide from it anymore. The Drago...
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We watched them fly off into the distance. Eric had hold of my hand in an iron grip. "They will be alright Rat." He said, sounding like he needed to reassure himself.
I looked at him as he spoke, he was wiping his face. "How could they not be with Bear to wach over them and call them fools."
He smiled as he lost sight of them turning to me. I took one more look up. They were gone. That sense of dread filled me seeing the sky so empty. Eric let go of my hand. "Well, I have to get on." His voice cracked as he spoke and he hurried away.
I looked at Pup and Gorilla. He had Pup pressed to his chest and she appeared to be crying. Walking over to them made Gorilla frown at me. I rubbed Pup's back making her turn to me. "They will be alright." She grabbed me crying into my shoulder. "She will be back for you. I'm grateful she is going. She saved my friend, and I know she will help protect my husband." She nodded. "Let's go to your house. We will have some tea and talk about what's happoning next."
She nodded and we walked to the house they had picked. It was a small cottage-type house with a small garden in the front. Gorilla let us in and put the kettle on. Standing in the living room made me smile as it reminded me of my mother's house growing up.
A small table and chairs are near the stove at the back, and a rocking chair near the fire with a cot that Gorilla put that baby in.
Everything felt homely and I knew this had more to do with Pup's comfort than Duha's. "The others are leaving tomorrow aren't they Rat?" Gorilla brought me back out of my head with his question.
I sat down at the table with Pup still crying on my shoulder. She sat on my lap as I answered him. "They are."
This girl is almost taller than me... Ahh well, I'd better get used to comforting people taller than me. Everyone is taller than me. I thought smiling. "We will be weakened. We are giving too many of our fighters to the people moving around outside of the village."
I frowned. "That is why we are building the wall. We can defend ourselves with a wall and the people we have."
He came to the table with the drinks. "I'm not so sure of that Rat."
"Well, it is all I have. According to Tiger, it will take them two days to get there, That means they will be gone less than a week. With the people coming from the cave at North Pass we will have more people that could look like they can fight even if they can't. Also, the people heading back to the human town will supply us with food and other things. We really will be alright."
Gorilla looked unimpressed. "We have two Blue Dragons and two Green Dragons. That is nowhere near enough fighters."
"Blue Dragons don't fight. They only help the wounded, but Greens are the best at tactful thinking."
Gorilla stared at Pup and I couldn't hide my shock at her words. "How could you know that?" I asked her softly.
She stood from my lap and sat on a chair next to Gorilla wiping her face. "I saw when the Village was attacked. The Blue Dragons were dragging people out and fixing them up and the Greens were bobbing in and out telling people where to stand for the greatest effect."
