Blacktail Deer Plateau The day is set

Sun Spark's tale made Kaihra wonder. His dedication to his daughter shone forthright, and though his path to find Blue Willow had not been direct, she had always been his pressing goal. The dark woman felt a stab in her heart. She looked at Sun Spark and felt her thoughts fall to her parents again. She did not know if they had survived the overthrow of their pack, but if they had, were they looking for her now? She quieted the thought, not willingly to reflect upon the fantasy. "And you found her, in the end."

But his final words struck her - the goal of this final journey had been to say goodbye. She remembered his words back when they'd shared the bear, that he had wanted to die around family. Kaihra could see the age in his bones, and imagined Sun Spark could feel the world's wear with every passing day. The world had not dealt gently with him, but if he was at all worried to die, he did not let it show. Kaihra had dealt much with tragedy, but very little with death, and to be so close to someone on its brink filled her with questions she did not know how to ask. She struggled for a moment, then heard her voice carry quietly on the wind. "Do you feel ready to go?" She eyed him with a hesitant glance and wondered if she had stepped too far.