Blacktail Deer Plateau home, and my music's playing

his ears had just barely registered pawsteps behind him when he felt a small nip at his shoulder, and dawn's beaming face soon came into view. chuckling, he rested his head atop hers for a short while, closing his eyes as he savored the feel of her. "hey, you," he murmured.

aditya pulled back, smiling. "i was just thinking of you, actually," he said. "wanna help me hunt some turkeys?" he hadn't found some yet, but he had been told that they resided here, and perhaps dawn, with more knowledge of the plateau, could help him sniff them out.

there had been a lot to digest since returning to morningside, not in the least of which was grayday's missing eye and burr, injured and far from home. with dawn by his side, though, things seemed simpler--or at least easier to handle.