Redsand Canyon i will make myself steel

Mulberry missed the canyon. It didn't sound silly at all, especially if this was a place that Mulberry remembered being happy with her father when he was alive. 

The girl's next words seem to indicate that she wished to stay in Mereo. This surprised Ruenna-- she had mentioned the death of her father, but nothing about the whereabouts of her mother. Wouldn't the girl rather stay with her mother, or in the absence of a mother, with family or other relations? That seemed easier on the psyche of a child than adjusting to a militaristic lifestyle surrounded by strangers. 

"You wish to stay here, as part of Mereo?" Ruenna clarified, "But what about your mother?" Germanicus added an additional question specifically about the threat of the saints. This was also a concern, but perhaps not as critical as the girl might think. The Saints already posed a danger to Mereo by virtue of their connection to Akashingo.