Wheeling Gull Isle four in the morning

Sirimiri cast a regretful look toward the island's interior; part of her had felt that the reunion with Komodo had been fated, and that it might finally be time for her to settle down, if only for a few seasons to raise a few pups. But she'd seen the way that Seelie and Stockholm had been looking at each other, and she knew that the island wasn't her place to raise a brood.

And besides - at the end of the day, she was still rather eager to be on her way. Sad to leave Seelie and Catori, of course, but adventure had always been her destiny. Not any man.

"Let's get this show on the road," Serein agreed, and Sirimiri echoed in an equally kitschy manner - one that probably made the younger generation groan and roll their eyes. But there would be plenty more of that back at Vargas Island, and plenty of excitement along the way.