Stone Circle Woulda been gone like a wayward wind

The standing stones did nothing to comfort him. For a moment, he could only think that he'd be gone soon, away from this place that'd come to be his home - far more than what he'd had at Silvertip, and almost reaching what he'd been searching for when he left his childhood home. But it will not be forever, he reminded himself, and he turned his head to Adeline with a determined look in his eyes.

"I'm going to take the kids on a scouting trip," he told her, tail wagging briefly in an attempt to add a bit of levity to the words. This isn't goodbye, he reminded himself, reminded them both - but though his head knew the words, his heart was not convinced. "It's time they start learning about the world beyond Easthollow."