Blacktail Deer Plateau Experiences

Pema gives her statement with a smile, and Dauntless accepts it as a compliment. The subject of Burr is still one that he'd like to stay away from ...until he was ready to talk about it in full. That would take some time and certainly more processing. Burr was a friend and his death had been the first death of someone close to him that he'd witnessed and what he felt now was entirely different than what he felt when his biological mother abandoned him and his sisters. If understanding that it wasn't his fault even while he struggled to come to terms with it and even if he had those moments of doubt made him mature, he didn't know but he was inclined to believe Pema's words. Dauntless had no reason not to. "See you around, mom." Dauntless says with a slightly goofy grin tugging at the edges of his lips. He waits until she vanishes out of view before he scoops up his kill and goes about his way finding a secluded spot to eat it.