Sun Mote Copse You start to wonder why you're here not there

Sequoia felt like Kiwi and Wildfire were on a different wavelength than she was. It was almost like their words didn't quite line up with what they were talking about. Not that that made any sense whatsoever. They kept talking about this place, but Sequoia had been under the impression that they wanted to go exploring... not stick around here forever. Kiwi in particular made it sound like she wanted to stay so long as Wildfire and Sequoia were part of the deal. The Drakru would have been happy wherever Kiwi was... and increasingly, where Wildfire was, too.

Are you thinking we'll stay? she asked. The question wasn't pointed directly at either of them, but more open to interpretation. Would Artaax be able to find us here, too? she wondered aloud. Would the rest of Drageda come after them if he went back and blabbed? They had known where the natronas were going, so that wasn't an unlikely scenario. Sequoia couldn't recall anybody from Drageda actually hunting down somebody who had left the pack, but she had only been alive half a year. Plenty more could have happened before that.