Nova Peak If you must weep, do it right here in my bed as I sleep

Star's approach was met first with the backward tilt of her long black ears while she scented the air ahead, and then she turned and gave the elder Griff a wan smile. Hi, Star, she greeted, gesturing along the path she meant to take. Thought I'd check out what's to the north, maybe start marking a perimeter there.

She waited just long enough for Star to walk alongside her, then set off again. She couldn't help lifting her nose into the rain and sniffing gingerly. There was salt on the breeze and it reminded her with a pang of the coast. She would never live on the sand again, but if she could see it from afar and smell it in her dreams, that was enough.

She could've asked any number of questions as they walked, but when she ducked under an overhanging ledge, she chose to be direct. Do you think we made the right choice?