Heron Lake Plateau I can't deny

"Yeah.  I'm more worried what Fin will do to me if that happens.  Believe it or not, aside from this, I like this place a lot," he replied, looking around with a hint more trepidation before shrugging it off.  It was going to be fine, so long as he kept his head on and figured out what he wanted to say.  Neither of which he would actually do, of course.

"That I can definitely do, though we'll see how far her bird chases me first." Colt responded with a bit of a grin, though part of that was the internal follow up.  If the hawk was still around and tailed him, soon as he was out of the pack, it was free game for a meal.  He knew truthfully he couldn't do that, he wasn't that big of an ass.  But just the mental image brought a spot of amusement along.