Redsand Canyon stillicidium

Germanicus had given him many tasks since his first day in Mereo and Atreus had risen to them all, save for this one. Well, he’d accompanied Tierra on that first foray… but after what had happened, he hadn’t gone back to the south end of the canyon. He put his energy into other items on his to-do list and wondered if the Imperator, Tierra or anybody else would come after him.

That didn’t happen, though there was a quiet wariness about the young man as he joined the others and readied to undertake the official migration. Atreus didn’t say anything to anyone and didn’t really make eye contact, either. He shuffled toward the piled provisions, picked up what he could carry and began loping steadily southward alongside his comrades.