Big Salmon Lake He called my name and my heart stood still

Pft.  Why give her a nickname she couldn't even understand?  Maybe he wanted her to push him further... but then again, maybe not.  Siarut was closed off to pretty much all forms of inquiry.  Suit yourself, big boy.  She gave him a playful nudge and snorted.

Pretty far away then, neh?  Her last pack had been from the damn desert, though.  Do you guys like it down here?  How many of you are there, anyways?  It wasn't like he'd tell her anyway, heh.

Yeah, I was out eating some apples when someone comes along and asks me how they taste.  She wondered briefly if Siarut had ever even heard of apples, since he was apparently from Buttfuck, Nowhere.  So we get to talkin' and turns out there's a ton of my family here.

Still no sign of Tadpole.