Two Rivers Isle maine tumko chaaha tumse pyaar kiya

he'd remained near this area for a while, focusing on staying clear of the saints. eventually, he would move on from the hinterlands—but not yet. he knew from his flight south after parivaar had crumbled that beyond the mountains was the coast,

then the island,

the plateau, & the maplewood;

and he wasn't ready to revisit those places yet. he would remain a while, then move on. no use chasing ghosts if he didn't have to.

this was a lovely place between two rivers; he spent the long afternoons lounging in the shade, and starry evenings traipsing along the banks. it seemed that not a soul called this place home, and so he made it his own, mentally mapping the place in case he wanted to stay for good.

today, aditya, his belly rumbling, stalked a group of geese, wondering if he could surprise one or two before they turned on him with vicious beaks. he kept to the shadows, staying out of sight of those beady black eyes.

Eshe was enjoying her stint with the Redhawks at the Caldera, in spite of the fact that her dear twin brother had run off yet again. She really needed to stop travelling with that flake. But she loved him and knew him well, so she couldn't really find it in herself to be mad about it. He was who he was. In the meantime, she was learning to rub shoulders comfortably with her new packmates in her new home.

That didn't mean she was immune to the travel bug, though. She'd set out the day before with a promise to return by the next phase of the moon. She didn't have any particular destination in mind, thus she wound up on the other side of the mountains, exploring lands she'd never set foot upon before.

When she came across the stranger, she too had been following the chirping and squawking chatter of the flock. Eshe knew she was unlikely to catch any on her own--she wasn't great at hunting birds. So, she was pleased after she got over the brief surprise of spotting the agouti male who clearly had similar intentions. Softly as she could, she gave a high-pitched whine to get his attention and let him know, without words, that she was here to help.