Falls of the Hinterlands and if you don't love me now, you will never love me again

after whatever conversation tegan had had with niamh, and a quick bite to eat to get some energy, the blackthorn boy took off after his friend. it wasn't so hard to track her, he left relatively soon after her. but, he realized, she must not have stopped for a long time, because tegan was walking for a while. eventually, however, he came across her bulky, patchy form, in a pool beneath a waterfall. tegan sighed, she looked like a fuckin wreck.

he approached slowly, ears splayed, and called out, "blackbear?"