Barrow Fields Karma keeps me cautious and bourbon keeps me brave

the stranger doesn’t have any food and brilliance looks down at her paws, then over at solomon with a quiet sorry mouthed in her direction. she knows her sister is hungry, too, just as she is, and neither of them can do much about it. but maybe she can help lead them back home, since she knows some directions. “yes,” she says and glances up. “our papa. and our brother,” she explains and licks her dry lips. “and our mama just came back too. she wuz missin’,” she adds, though she still doesn’t know what to make of that. nor does she realize she’d gone off again without a single goodbye to anyone.

ultimately, the stranger isn't helpful. brilliance and solomon don't know where they came from, or where they're going, so they leave the adult just as lost as they had been before.