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It was strange to range so far from the rise, but Redd would hunt as she traveled.  She would not be gone more than a few days at a time.

The following spring dwelt in her mind, driving her to distraction in a way she hadn’t anticipated.  New Snow would bring new life, and Lilia presumably as well.  This left she and Relic without a place in the future of things in a way that soured within.  It wasn’t that she resented their futures; she only resented her shortcomings.

To find someone in the spring would be too late.  Both New Snow and Lilia brought stable matches to the rise in the same way Wealda had held Prophet aloft.  If her match did not loyally strengthen them then it could not be given merit.

This was not something a single trip would uncover, but in remaining home she would find nothing.