Heron Lake Plateau I'm staring down myself, counting up the years

So they did, but they didn't.  She did remember Toll, he had been one of the ones she really liked of the Drageda adults.  And then, like Nomi, he'd left them behind.

Yeah.  He wasn't her mate, but he was their dad?  Kiwi wasn't sure how that worked, but honestly, that one she wasn't curious enough to ask about.  Some weird mom thing.

Can we go hunt? She asked, after a minute.  Her mom had at one point been a master of the trade, and she still loved learning from her when possible, even if she was growing into herself.  It was a good way to change the subject and get her mind off of those they had left behind too.