Totoka River No sound he made.

This makes me miss Amon. ;-;

Njal made no commitment, no promise. It was probably better that way. If he showed up, it would be a pleasant surprise. If he did not, Fox would likely forget about their chance meeting entirely. If she'd heard his thoughts, she would have thought him foolish. Tragedy followed everybody. Her first child had been taken away from her. Another had nearly been killed before her eyes. Njal was not the one who did this. Wifi's near-death had been Junior's fault, and Fox believed that her first-born's death was the fault of either herself or nature's cruel game of "survival of the fittest." A cruel jape his death had been, but it was not a though Fox often lingered on.

"Our borders are well-protected," Fox explained, "You’ll have no trouble finding somebody to greet you." Peregrine and Elwood would likely be double-teaming the patrol, and Pan and Sebastian would be just as dutiful, she hoped. Magpie and Dove tended to stick to watching the pups, which was just as well. The Firebirds still had a few months before they could begin doing such tasks without guardians.

"Oh, and keep an eye out for loners looking for a home. We could use a few more bodies." That was, after all, the entire reason Fox had been so far away from home. Redhawk Caldera was few in numbers, and she wished to bolster their ranks. Summer would be over before long, and she could not imagine an easy winter after last year's. Was any winter ever easy? With her words said and her sentiments expressed, Fox left him there by the river. She intended to follow the coast for a time before dipping south around the range and returning home.