Dahozhoni Meadow have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?

She realized she was straying quite far from her family, so Meerkat turned to double back. She paused when she realized she could see the top of the caldera in the distance, just over the treetops of Haunted Wood. Her tail flicked before her gaze dropped somewhat, focusing on the familiar shapes of her three family members.

Completely unaware of the coyote somewhere behind her, Meerkat trotted back toward Njord and the girls and said, Do you see that mountain, just over the trees? You can just barely see the top of it, it’s flat. That’s where your Grandma Towhee was born.

A different pack lived there now, of course. She thought briefly of Bronco, though she made no mention of it. Instead, Meerkat turned her attention to some sort of bright cactus Seal had discovered. Apparently she wanted to dig it up and take it home with them, she just didn’t know how to do any of that without pricking herself on its glochidia.

I’ll leave this up for a few days in case someone else wants to nab it. :)