Blacktail Deer Plateau Despair has its own calms.

She'd been up and down the coast, and she was pretty sure the forest her brother had asked her to find was now nothing but a charred ruin. There'd been no sign of Deirdre, or of any wolf, for that matter.

But she wasn't about to let this be a useless trip. As long as she was out and about, she wanted to check out the land around those hotsprings that Grayday wanted to move to. She wasn't exactly sure which way they were, but she knew she'd know it when she saw it.

Instead, she found something much more quaint. Sunspot moved through the plateau, admiring the pretty forest and defendable slopes. Perhaps it would make a good home for the Morningsiders, on day soon.

When she caught sight of another wolf, she immediately stiffened. Was this already someone's home - or too close for comfort?

"Hello," she called, giving her tail a friendly shake. "Do you live around here?"