Felltree Marsh the heron's legs.

as she gets closer, she notices the dark mask against creamy fur and everything clicks. Sapphique. he's the spit of Erzulie, with some ruddy points thrown in for good measure. 

she must have met him, then. . . everything from her healing time there is hazy.

but he's looking for a sister, which means her former pack is missing a young one of their own.

when 'hhee go? Avicus asks, snapping from wariness to concern. leaving Sapphique is one of her great guilts, apart from leaving her mother. it has plagued her since she had headed south to face the Moonwoman.