The Tangle Stars are on the ground, you start to believe it

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Every so often, Maia liked to go on wanders.  Usually not too far because, much as she didn't like to admit it, she sometimes got pretty well turned around.  Sticking around the mountain got kinda boring now and then, though, and with the recent prey shortage, she'd needed to leave to hunt at times anyway.

She came east because she'd met someone last time she came this way and totally wouldn't mind running into him again.  She wasn't looking for him, of course.  It wasn't like she liked him.  But he'd been pretty cute, and seemed nice, and... just... yeah.  She didn't care, but the inevitability of going home without running into @Artaax would leave her pretty disappointed despite her 'not caring'.

She'd gone more north than she intended, and the afternoon was gettin late.  Uh oh.  Well, the sun was there when she started, so to get back... it needed to be there?  She spun, biting her lower lip gently as she thought and chewing.  Ummm.

"HEY!"  Luckily she spotted someone headed somewhere, but she called out just in time to see him faceplant.  Ouch.  She winced sympathetically, but had that uncomfortable moment where she didn't know if she should laugh or go check.  Probably go check?  "Uhhh, you ok?"  She jogged over, putting her original question of 'where the heck are we?' on the backburner.