Verdigris Ravine threshold

Hmm, S'ari hummed when Ko'a said that she had tracked her all this way. Perhaps S'ari is not as sneaky as she thought. She will have to be more careful next time. Her eyes twinkled with mirth. Everyone at home had known that she was leaving, so she was only being silly.

Ko'a's story was short, a strange thing for one of the Tribe, who often liked to speak for hours if given the chance. And now she wanted to know what S'ari had found here.

Ah, S'ari said, thinking. S'ari has traveled this desert far and wide, and found many things. Two pools of water side by side, and under the ground, connected by a tunnel. A place of many rattlesnakes--best to avoid, yes? Rolling sand dunes, good for sliding down. Some wolves, mostly kind and willing to tolerate Coyote. (She thought of Alphus, here, but did not mention him. He would be her secret. Besides, it was no longer mating season. There would be no pups from their encounter, and so nothing to show for it.)

And many of our own kind, S'ari went on. Coyotes are drawn to the Desert; this is something all Tribe knows. And so, S'ari has brought them together. And now Ko'a is here, as well. She grinned joyously at her cousin. We will begin anew here. And carry on the Tribe's ways.