Phantom Hollow dear watson

Charon settled in for a listen when Ovaltine confirmed he'd been to many places and seemed ready to share where he'd visited. He had never heard of Nova Peak nor Scimitar, but Redtail Rise was a familiar name to Charon. Wasn't that where Gunnar had fled off to instead of sticking around to help his pack? Charon couldn't help but wonder if Ovaltine'd met up with Gunnar, but there was no way of knowing, and anyway, it seemed like uninteresting information if all Ovaltine remembered about the guy was that he didn't give his name. Didn't sound like Gunnar not to introduce himself, anyway.

It surprised Charon that Scarlett was now of a different pack: Bearclaw Valley. He wondered what had prompted her to leave the Glacier for a moment, but then he remembered that she had not seemed too happy with her pack mate either, that day Charon barged in. Maybe he had prompted her to leave, and he wondered about it.

Charon mentally noted Blackfeather Woods and the Sunspire, though he did not yet know their locations. Hadn't Ame been from the Spire? Whatever the case, Charon decided to inform further after one specific fact shared by Ovaltine: "Where's Bearclaw Valley?" He hoped it was nearer rather than farther from the Bay, but he feared it might not. Duskfire had been rather far off, and there were many packs here. Charon wasn't sure why -- after all, he preferred to stick to his own truth rather than the one Scarlett probably believed, so the less wolves that knew, the better -- but he somehow felt like he wanted to see Scarlett again. Maybe not to apologise, but at least to... Well, he wasn't really sure why.