Redsand Canyon Waiting for a sign

Her tone was clipped, and he could tell she was upset. Had she been upset before he’d arrived? There was a small possibility that something had happened, and he’d managed to catch her at a bad time…Though it was much more likely that he was the primary cause of her pain. 

He might’ve used humour, in earlier days, to pull her out of this slouch, but through a howl he knew it would fall flat. If she wanted space, he could give her that. 

”Okay, I’ll go. But you know where I am.” He howled, before adding ”It was nice to hear your voice again.”