Swiftcurrent Creek Barb

Heartbreak drove a big black car and Swordfish sat in the back, watching with unphased eyes as the world passed him by.

The young redtail had taken to the borders of the creek, patrolling until his legs were too weak to hold him up. He had worked to learn the extent of their claim. It was nothing like the cliffs of his home. He missed the salt air. He missed the cries of the gulls from the stone. Time spent alone was a means to think of the things he had lost or left behind.

He thought of his mother, of his brother, of Suzu and Quennell. When the thoughts became too much for him, Shardik set out to find @Moss. She would put his wounded body to work.