Phoenix Maplewood Remember me?

PP'ing Nochtli a bit with permission.

Nochtli had led them back to the maplewood. Citali couldn't take credit for any of it. Her sense of direction was so terrible that if she'd taken the reigns they'd still be walking; probably in circles. Nevertheless, Phoenix Maplewood rose up in the distance and she was thankful to not have to walk much further. The walking she was fine with. It was more so the children she wished to distance herself from. Their complaints of hunger and other things were old news after the first time she'd heard them.

As they approached the borders, Scarlet howled. Citali lifted her voice as a followup, alerting the maplewood wolves that the group had been escorted, but that a leader's presence would be appreciated. Nochtli slipped away for what Cita could only assume to be in effort to check their caches or fill them as needed. More mouths to feed and all. This little band near doubled their number.