Grouse Thicket put on your war face

Laurel didn't believe what he said, but she didn't comment on it much. She wanted to believe that, but everything that happened had consequences; she'd found out the hard way. At times she wished they'd never left the Creek. But at other times she thought maybe they were so close because they were all they had, each other. And now she was gone.

He offered to help look, and it made Laurel feel mixed because it seemed to imply that she hadn't looked good enough yet. "I don't even know where I'd look now," Laurel said. "She's probably long gone, I wouldn't find her scent. Is... the world big?" She asked the last question rather suddenly, as she realised she didn't even know how far Indra could go. She hoped it wasn't too big, but considering all the wolves she'd already passed in her life so far and the distances she'd travelled, she feared for the worst.