Duck Lake well i came upon a man at the top of a hill

@Sage

Much of their number had gone missing, gone without a trace, without a goodbye. The thought that things could fall apart so easily was incredibly depressing, and so he had taken to wandering, hoping against hope that he might run across a familiar face. Braving intermittant flurries, he set off back to where he had first met Kessa, for whom he was most concerned. No amount of searching turned up anything, though he was lucky enough to snatch a grackle, which he set to eating as soon as it was dead.