The Sentinels From the Abyss it calls me

Of course, I’m all about continuity! :)

He bobbed his head in understanding. Caracal and Killdeer had been thick as thieves before traveling together, which probably lent itself to their camaraderie on the road. Although he did enjoy traveling with others—his Uncle Phox recently, for instance—it really wasn’t the same if the bond wasn’t already there.

Well, if you try it and it doesn’t work out, you’ll end up alone anyway, so what do you have to lose? Caracal pointed out after having a rare big brain moment. Isn’t there a saying? Like, it’s better to have lived and lost, then never to have lived at all? Something like that? And the moment passed.