Redhawk Caldera coaldust

That was true -  Dwin had got a taste of, what being an explorer meant. She was sure she would head out again and keep her options open, but she no longer was sure that this was the career path she truly wished to pursue. Like dedicate her whole life to it. 

She felt sorry for her sister and reached out to touch the side of her face in a gesture to show sympathy. "It must be killing you, not knowing, where she is," she said quietly, searching her sister's face and for a while there she also did not know, what to say. Telling her to give up on Ani felt totally wrong, even if eventually Dee would have to do that. Dad and mom had mentioned long lost relatives time from time and the fact that they had never been heard of again had felt both wrong, but at the same time as something that happened to other people. In the past. Not today.

Here was Chickadee, who had lost a very good friend of hers. Dwin had not been particularly close with the girl, who had one day appeared at the caldera and absorbed in the Blackthorn family fold quickly. But she knew she would feel the same way had the roles been reversed. "Tell you what - let's wait for summer, when it is warm and there is a lot more to eat. And let's head out to search for her together. In the meanwhile we can prepare for that journey. Learn all there is from our adults here on finding food and defending ourselves," she laid out the plan. 

Before Dee objected of wasting precious time or going out right now, Dwin added: "I mean it is a lot more likely to search and actually find someone if we are alive and not dead."