Dawnlark Plains Fossil

His tail wagged along with hers as she spoke of her good fortune... at least until it started to sound like it wasn't good at all. Dag wondered if he would be able to see the good that Jhala saw, if he was in her situation. Sometimes his sorrows got the better of him - but they were nothing like Jhala's sorrows.

You are very brave, he wanted to say. I'm sorry you went through that.

But he did not, because she didn't need him to. "I will come with you," he said instead, inspired by the woman's joie de virve. Like Saena, this was a woman he could follow, one that he admired already. He only hoped Reek was as good a wolf, but how could he not be, if this woman had stayed for him?

"May I come with you?" he asked, correcting himself.