Jade Fern Grove departure to the west

For a time, they walked in silence, Haunt's attention straying between Kaertok and their surroundings as they passed through the grove back toward the bypass. When they approached the borders, he broke the companionable silence with some words of wisdom. Haunt turned them over in her head with an astute nod. Oblivious to the hint hidden in the words, she would nevertheless take them to heart. She aspired to be nothing short of the world's finest hunter, after all.

Just before they walked through the natural archway into the expansive valley ringed by rocks, Kaertok said one last thing to his small lookalike. She met the unexpected christening with a blink, then a wave of her tail. Soon it swept steadily back and forth as she bowed her head in acceptance and respect of her father's title for her.