Bramblepoint Choke the chicken

"They tend to do that, don't they," Peregrine rejoined, although it wasn't really a question. At length, he elaborated, "Raven's gone and Wildfire's moved, which you already know." He was glad his elder daughter was still close by, even if he hadn't seen her since her departure. He wondered briefly about Lasher's relationship with her but decided not to touch on it at the moment. "My son, Nightjar, remains at the caldera. We just welcomed four more sons," he added with a proud little switch of his tail. He would be lying if he said he didn't feel a little smug, having seven to Lasher's five (a full dozen if you counted the adopted and the dead!).

"I miss her too," he admitted readily, letting his final walls of resistance to this encounter drop away. "How is she? Is Osprey still with you as well?" he found himself questing after news of those he missed and loved, even after all this time.