It had taken a day longer to travel up to the Cove than Nori had planned for. Burying Archer had been difficult - both physically and emotionally, though really she wasn’t feeling much at all aside from a heaviness in her entire body. Even the fear that made her limbs shake as she climbed the mountain was dulled, and she probably should be concerned about that, but she couldn’t find it in herself to care.
She still had a job to do. Several, in fact.
Nori approached the border, exhaustion and numbness slowing her steps, and she halted just before she reached it. This was her family, and Chan had greeted her with open arms, but she couldn’t be sure how Nash and Moon might react.
She wasn’t sure it mattered.
Taking a short breath to gather herself, Nori tipped her head back and howled for their attention.