Redsand Canyon I threw it on the GROUND!

He felt a little bad leaving Caracal behind, but his buddy had insisted. "I'll meet you there," he'd intimated. And Killdeer was old enough and big enough to travel alone, so he had, making his way with some reluctance across the prairie.

Luckily, Mereo wasn't too far into the mountains, and he found himself upon their doorstep before they knew it. To his delight, @Towhee's scent was here, and fresh.

He howled for his grandmother, as well as whoever needed to heed the call of a newcomer at the border. He paced a little, excited. But still, bummed. Caracal should be here to see his mom, too. He'd give her his friend's best wishes, he supposed.

And then that made him guilty about leaving his own parents back in the Emberwood, and, gah!

Why couldn't anything just be easy?!