Bitterroot Valley watching as i fall

Eilidh.

Right. She had already said that and now he felt even more disappointed in himself. God he was terribly off the ball, wasn't he? No, not at all. He was far from here but she didn't need to know the specifics. Why do you ask? Looking for something? It must have been the time of the year to go looking for things. He would have laughed at his own thoughts if he was capable of mustering such emotions.

Casually he shifted his weight while glancing around. This wasn't a terrible place to be lost but he wasn't sure he wanted to stick here for long. Aleks craved high ground with cooler temperatures.