Big Salmon Lake i said i thought it would be colder

I'm pretty sure it would take a lot longer to get from SL to RHC but... *fiddles with time and space*

"It's that ugly thing up there," Peregrine answered, then realized his sarcastic wit might not be taken well in this situation. "'Caldera' is another term for 'crater.' See how the mountain seems to be missing its peak? Well, it used to be a volcano but it's extinct now. During one of its final eruptions, the peak was blown off to the side. There's a big lake there now. It's quite a view from up there, even if it doesn't look like much from down here."

Magpie seemed to be coming around, so Peregrine picked up the pace, soon delivering them to the foot of the mountain. He had just started a cache near here. Motioning for the young she-wolf to stay, he loped toward it: nothing but a shallow hole. He dug up the remains of a Canadian goose and gnawed a wing off the torso. This he carried a bit awkwardly back to Magpie, dropping it unceremoniously at her feet.

"You'll have to rip the feathers off but there's a decent amount of meat there," he said. "After you eat, I'll take you to Fox... unless you'd rather settle in for the night." He squinted at the dimming sky. "Then I can take you to see her first thing in the morning." It wasn't a question of if, but when, he would take the youth to his wife.