Alpine Lake Take a sip from the cup of life

Of course Sugar would disappear.  Everyone seemed to be okay disappearing nowadays.  The girl has been her guide when Fig couldn't, and with Towhee and everyone busy combing the wilds, Fennec was left to her own devices.

She knew she shouldn't, but Fennec decided she'd been afraid long enough.  She took huge care in memorizing the details of her route, and that morning she had set out from the borders.  She wouldn't wander far, but with so many leaving her life, for the first time she was beginning to consider what it might be like if she needed to live without help.  The chill she felt at it wasn't exactly a result of the snow, though that definitely made it worse.

She listened intently as she traveled to the songs of the birds around and the feel of the wind.  No trouble seemed to be around thankfully, judging from both, and it was easy enough to reach the base of the sharp incline that led to the lake, and to taste the water in the air.  She'd found water! On her own!

By the time she had carefully picked her way to the lake and leaned down to take a hugely satisfying drink, Fennec had completely failed to notice the stranger doing the same.  She was too excited by her find to approach with caution.