Broken Antler Fen Go ahead, make my day

Yup. She had it. "Right. Exactly. So if that direction is east and that direction is west... which direction is your home?" She had all the pieces now. Time to use that mnemonic and determine where her home was at. She was sharp, this little one. Her parents must be proud.

Then she rattled off a lot more questions. The moon? "No. Don't use the moon. It's a fickle thing and much harder to read." It still generally rose in the direction of the east and set in the west, but seasons altered it's course from slightly northeast to slightly southeast and it was better to gather one's directional bearings in the sunlight and form visual references to refer to from there. He didn't trust the moon.

The stars however? Well that was a slightly different topic entirely and a far more complex conversation than he wanted to have during this short interlude with a pup who's parents would certainly be looking for it soon. All the same he laughed as she tried to decide where the north star rose and fell from. "The north star doesn't rise or fall. It stays in one place. North. That's why it's called the north star."

There was more to it than that... and he didn't want to lead her further astray on that one so he decided not to venture further in that direction. "You should ask your parents about that one. I bet they know much more about the north star than I do." They also likely knew a better way to explain it to a young mind like hers. "For now, just focus on the basics. North, east, south, and west. What are they called again?"