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Finduilas cradled him close, and as he shifted in her arms, she hiked him up further and held on tighter. “Go fetch your father…meet us in the infirmary, or Ornith…” the mother murmured as she was able to stand up, and began to quickly walk to the infirmary. She looked down to her son, panic quite evident, and soon began to send a warm healing through him.
“What happened to you, Aran…?” She questioned, her voice shaky as she wakes quickly down the corridors
He had his eyes closed as he was carried but opened them to look up at his mother as she asked what happened. Guilt and shame reflected in his eyes as he lowered his gaze once more. It took a few moments for him to speak, pain evident, “I... wanted to be brave and explore like Orni and Atya... and I... I fell into a cave and there was a river, and lots of rocks and I couldn’t swim out... it was fast.”















