Stone Circle good-bye, but not forever

Valette was first to arrive, of course. Nikai nuzzled her chin respectfully and then moved on to bump his nose softly against her cheek. She asked him to be careful and he smiled -- so typically his mother -- before saying: "Don't worry, this isn't good bye." He would return to her some day, and if he chose a different pack then he would let her know and visit Easthollow still. Nikai was confident that things'd be alright and that he would be back here some day, one way or another.

Ezra was next to arrive. Nikai waved his tail at the boy and returned the shoulder-bump with a quick nudge to Ezra's shoulder. "I won't be gone forever," he promised — he hadn't spent as much time with Ezra as he'd liked, a thing that he had never fully realised until nw, but maybe it was for the best; it'd make his farewell a bit easier. Nikai waited, knowing he couldn't leave before saying farewell to Steph at least.