Sun Mote Copse You'll float too.

Towhee's heart hammered in her chest as she stared at the wolf's remains from several yards away. The corpse was tangled up in a heap of debris and partially obscured. From back here, she could make out snatches of dark fur clinging to a skull and part of a spinal cord. That can't be Alyx, she told herself, breath trapped in her chest. It was far too decomposed, most of the flesh and fur gone, though an insidious voice in the back of her head told her that being underwater might've easily done this damage.

It took her a full fifteen minutes to collect the courage to approach. When she finally came close enough to sniff as well as take a closer look, relief flooded her. Niamh's trio was growing rapidly now and the skeleton was on the small side. But Towhee would've sworn on her life that it was too big to belong to Alyx. She almost broke down into tears as she lifted a foreleg and pried away some of the branches and leaves, exposing more of the waterlogged corpse. What little fur and skin was left was filthy. It couldn't be Savaktuk either, so she wondered at the unfortunate soul's identity.

She inhaled sharply when she gently tugged the skull out of the flotsam and it rolled, exposing a patch of red fur on one cheek. Towhee's chest pinched, her stomach rolling simultaneously. Wildfire...? She raised her head suddenly, looking in the direction of the small graveyard by the riverside. She hadn't thought to check it out specifically but galloped there now, trying to prepare herself for what she might find. If her sister's remains had really been unearthed, what about Colt, Elwood and Finley?

A shaky breath escaped her when she arrived and surveyed the area. She could see where Wildfire's resting place had been eroded. The others appeared intact at first glance. Towhee carefully stepped around each, checking closely. She felt another wave of relief when they all seemed undisturbed, though that left her with the grisly task of fetching Wildfire's remains and interring them, hopefully without anyone—@Eljay and @Weejay in particular—being the wiser.