Bearclaw Valley Somehow you strayed and lost your way

Stryx snorted a low laugh, if that's what you'd call the boorish little noise. She nodded the affirmative though.

I've used them before, yes. Once or twice. When she'd been very young and very stupid; thankfully she believed herself wise now in her old age, or entertained the thought. There are others I prefer now. I've traveled far and over many seasons, and not all the places I've been have the same things available.

She didn't mean to sound so worldly but it was the truth. In her journey she'd been forced to test many things on herself, and that knowledge was useful now. Those are lessons for another day, I think.