"But we do not have their bodies with us. They took them, too. What are we going to bury then?" asked Twila. The guilt was clear in her face. She was thinking that it was her fault that she could not even retrieve their bodies.
Melva was not the only one who noticed that. Vance quickly told Davis, "Did the kids leave any of their belongings here? I think they used to visit here a lot even if I told them not to because they were too young to be anywhere in a tavern. I know they did not listen to me." His tone was warm as he reminisced about the kids that once had been members of his pack.
She did not know how to comfort him, because she had never gone through something like this before. She had never had someone dear to her before coming to Ethia, so she did not know how it felt like, losing someone important to her. She was worried that she might say something wrong or hurt them more. She thought that probably saying nothing and helping them do what they needed to do was better.
