Redsand Canyon is there somewhere.

There was no description for the emotion that festered in her chest as she stood upon the sparring pits, staring at earth that had gone too long untouched. It was a hot burning, an unbearably cold aching, and an otherworldly numbness all in one. The pack was gone. Abandoned. Her home. Her people. And with it, what felt like her whole self. Gone. Without word, warning, or explanation.

Valiria felt her body trembling with equal parts fury and despair. She had gone in hopes of making peace with her mother for what Liri had always felt in her heart was abandonment. She had done so, made amends, rebuilt bridges. Liri was supposed to return home a more balanced soldier--no longer driven by her demons in the fight. And now, to come home to find everything she'd known had disappeared in her absence. Liri could scarcely believe the injustice of it. Abandoned again.

She feared for her family, feared to know the reason why for it could only have been due to tragedy, yes?

She raged at her family. Raged at their abandonment of the canyon. Raged at them for failing.

Tears sprang to her eyes, but they never fell. The shock of their appearance was enough to stop them. She was appalled by tears, disgusted by the idea of showing such weakness. She refused to mourn them until she knew what happened. She would wait to hate them, too. And so, Liri turned and set off to explore more of the abandoned canyon, intent on learning all she could.