Phoenix Maplewood laugh, cry, forget nothing and think many things of it

Very vague until this thread progresses further, just wanted to get it up! For @Arielle and @Ancelin <3

Snow fell heavy from the moment the pair set out from Redtail Rise. Aventus drove a hard pace in spite of it, trusting that Ancelin would keep up even as the horizon became shrouded in white. He knew how hard the boy had trained, but more importantly, Ancelin had said he was ready.

Like his father before him, Aventus would trust his son in this.

Dusk came and still they walked. For the past hour, Aventus had his eyes set on the spindly limbs of distant trees. They were close enough to smell the faint aroma of maple when he remembered that he could not force his son to travel through the night like he would. What sort of father would it make him if he killed one boy in search of the other?

We will rest in these woods tonight, he told Ancelin when at last they entered the shelter of the trees. Let us search for food now.