Amalia
For my part, I know nothing with any certainty
Amalia has gone to make sure the farmstead is well maintained in time for her to leave. It isn't that she questions whoever Rory hired - far from it: she trusts his judgment implicitly, when it comes to his animal's care. But the Shield is still protective of her friend's home and animals, and promised both the hunter and the fox that she would keep an eye on them.So keep an eye she does.
She has taken Talys out for a ride (the pony wonderfully behaved; the Shield woefully in-adept) and so she finds herself among those who work the fields, watching as they set to work in time-honored tradition. This year, though, Amalia finds she cannot stay out long: every clang of metal or animal's cry causes her to twitch and look around, eyes as wild as an animal's.
It isn't long before she finds herself slipping off the horse and planting bare feet on the ground, unable to control her thundering heart. Oblivious to the world around her Amalia buried her face in Talys's neck, half-shifted herself with leopard fur upon her neck and locks of lilac in her hair, her long half-qilin-half-leopard tail wrapped around herself for support.
but the sight of the stars makes me dream
