Blacktail Deer Plateau Your journey has only begun

When she pitched forward, Peregrine said her name again, sounding alarmed. "Pied." He prepared to move forward to support her should she fully swoon, yet Pied thankfully didn't fall over. Instead, she hunched down and began to cry. He could see the tears dripping like clear blood on the stony ground.

"What is it?" he repeated worriedly when she finally looked up at him and explained she'd had a vision. Peregrine's face froze at the mention of dead puppies. Brain lesions or something, maybe? he thought crazily.

"Vision?" he finally repeated. "What do you mean? What was it of? Pied, your puppies are fine." Since he didn't know what else to say or do, he added, "Listen, I would know. I talk to my puppies all the time. I can hear yours too. They say, We're just fine, mom! Truly."