Blacktail Deer Plateau retrospective

This is meant to be my final post. :)

Fox's question made Peregrine's heart to rise again—it slammed upward and lodged itself right in his throat. "I don't know..." he murmured, eyes cutting to Blue Willow's face as she answered. "If it's something contagious, like a... brain disease or something... I've already exposed both of you. Osprey Jr. as well." He swallowed thickly. "I didn't even think..."

After Blue Willow assessed his brother, they very well might have to quarantine themselves. The thought scared him badly but Peregrine tried not to dwell on it as they closed in on the site where he'd left Atticus. He saw that Junior had overcome her fear to stand directly over her uncle, posed defensively. The Alpha male sighed softly and murmured, "Thank-you, little Warrior," then nudged both Osprey Jr. and Fox to stand back and let Blue Willow examine Atticus.