Redsand Canyon Wilderland.

it is the same question the leaders of mereo had asked her: why did she want to be a soldier? what was her driving motivation if she had no training? it is a valid question and one with an answer easy enough. because my father was a soldier, she tells towhee with a soft draw of breath into her lungs.

because it is the only way i know how to feel close to him. spoken in a quiet murmur of mourning.