Redtail Rise I chewed my fingers to the bone today

He shifted his head around and gently raised a foreleg, embracing her against him while she cried. He did not sing. Sometimes he knew that a song could be comforting but this didn't feel like something words could apply to. It was suited to the silence that surrounded them.

I'll tell Avicus. We'll look, all of us. Promise. Ashlar was resolved. He didn't even think to blame her, or himself, when he knew this was the way the wilderness worked. If he had been taken and was still alive then they would find him. We have hunters. They can track anything. His voice was full of confidence in Prophet and Augur's capabilities.

Brown with a pale jaw and pale paws. Brown like Ashlar? He tried to picture them but wasn't able to. He hoped fiercely they would find him, but he loathed the idea of taking her the news if they found him dead. His stomach turned at the thought.

The rest... they're okay? He asked softly, not wanting to keep her long but wishing to know at least that much.