Redsand Canyon nine crimes

Ah, that explained it! -We must have just missed each other then,- he said with a shrug. The same had happened with Tierra, and he figured the two of them had come just after he had left. In any case, he was glad to have found Towhee, even if their lack of communication had made it take a little while longer.

-Rue? Like, Ruenna Rue?- he asked, though the answer seemed obvious. She and Towhee had gotten rather close last year while Phox had been away from the caldera, so it only made sense that they might stick together. Phox abhorred spending time away from his sister, but he was glad to see she was happy here.

He did wonder about Rue, too. They had been friends back in the day, and it had been him who sent her to the caldera when they’d happened upon each other in the wild that day. Phox also idly wondered if she was still available, though that thought was riddled with guilt. ”It’s okay to move on,” Phox reminded himself. Niamh was not coming back, no matter how much he wished for it.

-Is it okay if we hang around for a little while and check things out?- Phox asked. The fact that it was a “military outpost” didn’t make it sound like a great place for Peregrine and him, but he’d been surprised in the past. And hey, he could always settle somewhere nearby.

Which reminded him of another couple of kids he hadn’t seen in awhile. -What about Fig, Fenn, and Bronco?- The three of them had always had the kind of bond he remembered between Towhee, Niamh, and himself.