Blacktail Deer Plateau retrospective

Fox flinched, but did not move when Willow went to comfort Peregrine. The yearling searched her memories, trying to recall who Atticus was. Fumbling for a relation, she suddenly remembered. “Bones’s father,” she blurted, “Your brother.” Fox proceeded to ignore his questions for the time being, taking a step toward him and avoiding Blue Willow as she did so. She wondered if what had happened to Haunter was now happening to Atticus. While Haunter hadn't been totally unresponsive, he certainly hadn't been well. Fox's heart dropped when she realized that it could very well end the same way Haunter's illness had ended: in death.

“What can we do?” Despite her personal problems, Fox always put the pack first and foremost. It was really the only reason she had verbally attacked Ferdie at the borders. He was a threat, and that was all she could ever see him as. Now, there was a greater threat: illness, and possibly death. Although Fox had not met Atticus, she knew his daughter well. And while she failed to see what connection they had to one another (aside from their lineage), she knew that Bones had cared for him in some capacity. And, obviously, Peregrine cared for him.