Redsand Canyon pario

Germanicus gave them a silent command, and Atreus answered, to the bewilderment of Killdeer, who gave him a sidelong, confused glance.

Left or right?

Left, he decided. He pointed his muzzle that way, with a glance at Germanicus, and began to pad silently in the direction indicated.

Normally, he'd be happy to hold the other's hand through what seemed like a failure to understand directions—but he was still smarting from that mountain goat, damn it, and needed to make it better.

Killdeer slipped quietly through the brush, keeping his golden eyes trained on the elk.