Blacktail Deer Plateau finding a way to be whole

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it was snowing quite frequently now, and aditya wasn't too sure if he was sold on the idea or not. it was certainly more than he had seen in his lifetime, except perhaps in the mountains. even there, he could always escape the winter by going back down to the coast. here. . .well, here, he was tethered, for better or worse.

when catori's call rang out he seized on the opportunity to converse with grayday's new wife. when they had met, cat and day had presumably been courting, but everything had changed since the scouting trip, as it had for his and dawn's relationship. he hadn't gotten the chance to speak to her properly since his return, and so he returned the call with enthusiasm, loping over to where it had came from.

"catori," adi said warmly, shaking snowflakes from his thin pelt with a faint moue of distaste. "i have not spoken to you in. . .well, in quite some time. how are you?" she looked well enough, with the glow of someone newly in love. it suited her.

as he was speaking he noticed another had arrived, the white-pelted woman he had met just once, at the hunt. he gave her a smile and a nod in greeting as well, trying to come up with her name. another 'a'. . .not aviana, he noted, frowning slightly in remembrance of their ill-fated last meeting.