dauntless heads to the borders at the rise of pema's howl on the wind. he says his goodbyes and 'i'll see you soons' to ishara and arushi — he doesn't feel so bad about leaving the latter if only because she's found a sheep skin to drape over her to keep her warm and he's confident during his absence that the family will step in to temporarily take his place as space heater when she needs. he's the third to arrive, he assumes, as sunny is asking burr to tell some girl — dauntless rolls his eyes with affectionate exasperation at his older brother — as his steps slow to a stop as he joins pema and burr. "don't girls usually like it better when you go say hello to them personally, sunny?" dauntless teases sunny in a good natured manner, intending to bump his shoulder against his older brother's in goodbye. dauntless has to remind himself that just because he's brazen doesn't necessarily mean that sunny was going to be the same way.

dauntless is a bit surprised, given burr and easy's apparent closeness during the saefyn's time there to find that ishara is currently absent but he doesn't bring it up. there's a good chance they'd already said their goodbyes to one another. dauntless looks then to burr and pema, moving away from his brother to join their little party, excited for the little trip and chance to venture outside of morningside. he doesn't get out of morningside too often unless it's on official business such as it is currently though he knows that's largely of his own free will and not because he wasn't allowed to venture out on his own.