Blacktail Deer Plateau that western skyline

Easy curled up with her sister against her father's chest, peering worriedly out toward her brother as she did. The cocoon of warmth her father provided (needed, in the shade of the trees, and with autumn finally upon them) seemed empty and ineffectual with one third of the litter missing.

"Come snuggle, Daunty!" she commanded, wishing there was some way to knock the sadness out of her brother.