Fox's Glade taking a bite, worm in the apple

for Polaris!

He trudges onward, numbed by all that has happened since his mother died in his arms. The world is cold and cruel, and it moves forward without a single glance back toward him, without even the slightest pause to allow him to adjust to this new reality. His birth parents, both dead; one truly, and one dead only in his mind. He is an orphan now. Alone, save @Rosalie, his only true parent. The only one who has always loved him, and never left him. The only one who still holds the full depth of his love. He can't wait to return to her, to melt into her embrace, to feel loved again.
His thoughts drift to @Polaris, and he wonders where she is. She must be somewhere near. She'd always been far more stable than he is, less likely to bounce around from place to place. He halts suddenly, struck by a whim, and calls for her. Maybe she's close enough to hear it.