Redhawk Caldera Gentle one, how kind of you

He nodded, grinning. My Gramma is so important to me, he replied. I love her so much. He gathered his strength and breath and summited the last of the climb, eventually moving into the Hobbit Hole.

A depression in the earth where Towhee had spent her time, raising kids. 

He realized he hadn't paid much heed to her question.

Oh, sorry, Killdeer said. Fun? Uh. . .exploring is fun? Nah, to be honest, I didn't have much of a life as a soldier, he admitted, shrugging.

He began to sniff around his ancestral old haunts, curious.