Lost Creek Hollow when she came back

He didn't notice any affect that his words might have had, but he was glad she now knew. She and Sarah and Liffey and perhaps Rannoch were his primary bonds here - the rest he just did not know well. Oh, and Ibis, though she seemed more like him in that meetings made her quiet.

New places. He responded unhelpfully. That wasn't the extent of it, though, and he could explain more. Different wolves have different things they know. I want to learn and bring it back. He'd met some who were adept at hunting deer in the heavy snows of their home, and others who could navigate wastes using only the stars. What could he have learned if he'd asked about healing from them? Then I could teach. It was a big goal, bigger than perhaps he could comprehend now. But it seemed worthwhile and like something he would enjoy doing, so he was set on it.