Dragoncrest Cliffs poured myself a plate of chocolate milk

Sequoia looked up too and Bat returned her attention to what was, unbeknownst to her, the Milky Way. She marveled for a few moments before remembering the task at hand. "Okay," she declared softly, offering another friendly bump, "come on."

It was only a short while later that the older Goufa picked up on the familiar scents of Dio, Portia, Dacio and another pup she recalled faintly. "I think this is it, Sequoia," Bat said quietly as they approached the dark den. There were no noises, no stirrings, from within. She assumed everyone inside was asleep.

"Good night," she whispered to Sequoia, pressing her nose to the other child's cheek and waiting until the shadowy den mouth swallowed her fellow Goufa before Bat turned to seek her own way back to bed.