Later in the day, Kes and Tresit had left for the Kazon city, having traveled only about a tenth of the way there so far. They’d told Lanam it was just for supplies… Kes had felt with every word that she was betraying her daughter’s trust by not telling her, but she didn’t know what else to do. As she walked in silence, she could still feel Anara with her though, through their bond, and that was very comforting to her. The bond would fade somewhat the farther away from each other they got, Kes knew from experience. And that was just one more reason she knew she couldn’t put it off any longer – she had to have a talk with Tresit and plan what they would do.

She’d been looking around for a good spot for it and she’d just seen one. ”Wait?” Kes asked softly.

Tresit turned to her in question.

”Before we go any further, we need to talk about some things I think.” Kes spoke, indicating the spot she’d seen. It was shaded and well positioned so they weren’t visible but had three ways they could run if they needed to.

”…I thought you might want to.” Tresit admitted, going to sit down next to her on the rock ledge Kes had picked out.

He’d been quiet since Kes had told him she would go with him… quiet in a way that was worrying her. ”…Tresit, I know something’s wrong. Something more than worry over the danger of what we’re going to do.” She ventured. ”Please… tell me?”

Tresit shook his head. ”It was right, what I did.” He told her softly. ”I know it was…”

”…Do you really though?” Kes asked softly. She could sense Anara not liking that she’d asked that, no matter that she didn’t want Kes to know she felt that way, but Kes knew she’d had to say it, that she couldn’t stand not to say it any longer. She also told Anara through their link that it was alright that they didn’t agree about everything. That she didn’t want them to, didn’t want Anara to feel like she had to be deferential about things like this – or about anything, if she didn’t want to. She felt Anara’s slight surprise and confused feelings about that. Also her worry over how Tresit would react to this… she didn’t want him to feel ashamed.