Redtail Rise gopher guts

Ashlar had not planned to come back to the place where the stranger had been killed. It was the fasted way to get to where he was going, however, and he could not avoid the border forever. He did not like the scent of death that lingered.

Tulimaq was there. Ashlar's ears aligned back, with his crown, but outside of that he tried not to catch the man's eye or attention. He was simply passing through, worried at the call. It sounded urgent.

Are you going? He should at least ask that much, so they could go together if so. Ashlar hadn't noticed the skull yet.