Overture Downs No matter where I sleep

She nods slightly, for it's not so dissimilar from her own travel route - by which, she meant the one she did not have. 

She could have gone north - to the seas or even further. An urge to leave Teekon entirely had taken hold of her, to seek the secluded valley where she had lived alone after her son's death. But the seas were cold and the north she hailed from was even colder. Liri wasn't sure she could survive alone, not with her mental capacities intact - not with the memories haunting her.

East to the Hinterlands, west to the Taiga, south to some unknown land - it didn't matter. There was nothing there for her. 

Pale ears flickered minutely at the words, an indrawn breath filling her lungs. The words are soft, perhaps not even directed at her, but summoning her courage with a deep breath - Liri dared to lean closer, gesturing to the starry heavens with her peppered muzzle. 

"The elders believed that the stars possess great power. They can guide you home, to a new life. It is said that each star is a spirit, a living entity." Liri's gaze softened as it remained on the silver specks, seemingly so far away. She could not look at the stars without remembering her lost pups - praying to the ancestors that they knew how much she loved them still.