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The expected tackle never came. Instead, Osprey Jr. announced that they were leaving, and then began to march off into the trees. Saēna didn't waste time in following, though she kept a rather healthy distance between herself and her foster sister in the event Junior changed her mind. It was a daily occurrence, after all.

Yet she found some bravery in herself and, as they put the rendezvous site behind them, the patchy child summoned her courage and quietly asked, “why?” It wasn't a very important why, just specifically the why are we leaving. She didn't even care where they were going, for she had found in herself a love of exploration, no matter how rarely she actually explored. She simply cared why.