Lost Creek Hollow high highs and low lows

Ever since rescuing Aengus from the unfortunate bee-thorn in his nose, Ibis had become fixated on the flowers scattered in patches across the Hollow; not the flowers in particular (despite loving them immensely and becoming easily distracted by their many colors and shapes) but by the critters that flit from flower-to-flower. The bumblebees.

She desperately wanted to know how the bees worked, how they moved, why they might sting — and while it was a very stupid idea, a part of her wanted to get stung because then she'd have an excuse to go find Gannet and have him explain a treatment, if there was one! If the kids were ever subjected to those little butt-thorns again, Ibis would be ready!

However, her investigation of the flowers and the bees was cut short as a not-so-familiar shape arrived along the edge of the Hollow. Ibis hadn't meant to go so far from the core of the claim, but at some point she'd crossed outside of the boundary and was surprised to see the canine shape as it drifted closer to home. She hastily rose from her place among the flowers and crossed over again, but followed an intercepting course - until she cut across the stranger's path.

As she did so, she called out to them: Hello! Are you looking at the pretty flowers too..? It didn't occur to little Ibis that this wolf might be a stranger meaning her ill, but she wasn't exactly trained to patrol or anything.