Whitebark Stream i'm sayin' goodbye, mom

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He's feeling well enough to travel now, thanks to @Rosalie's care, so he tells her and @Phillip that it's time to go — and then they're off. Permafrost Hollows is soon behind them, and Zephyr doesn't want to look back. Not for a long time, at least.
He splits from his companions for some alone time, finding himself along a bright, chilly river. A familiar place, but he works hard to avoid digging up the memories. He doesn't need that right now. Instead he picks old trails to follow idly, blissfully oblivious for now to his father's history with this place as he wonders whether he might find a pack nearby.