what you did was brave . how are you healing up ?
brave .
everything done in raven’s name - everything to keep the demon from her prey - vernal , at first thought , doesn’t think it brave in the slightest . but the hunger in cinder’s eyes ... there was a pang of something vern identifies as fear that passed then , and perhaps - perhaps summer was right .
you’re never afraid until you’re in the fight . she’s reminded of older days , when her hours were filled with training and studying and who knows what . every minute leading up to that moment ; and she’d been struck down as easily as a leaf in the wind .
she’s ... disappointed . in herself , at least .
‘ - i’m ... fine . ‘