Moonspear dew on the grass

Seal stood beside Sialuk, like a good student, as she took a drink. Then, the girl realized her own mouth was parched and took a few quick sips of the mountain’s cool water, imitating her leader.

Supplies.

Seal paid attention and gave three concise bobs of her head. “A white flower… two small bones… patch of moss…” she repeated.

She followed Sialuk to their first find. “Oh, that’s chrysanthemum,” Seal pointed out. “@Alaric told me,” she explained and hoped Sialuk wouldn’t think her too nerdy.

After that, Seal quickly ran to the nearest cache and pulled two small bones from the skeleton of a mule deer: one rib and one sesamoid from the foot. Quickly, she cleared them of debris.

She returned to Sialuk with her treasures in tow and, with a loud gulp, began to lead her superior to the grave site at the base of the cliff where the ancient leaders of Moonspear rested.

When they arrived, it was just as Seal remembered it. The earth and stone had clearly been disturbed – moved and reassembled. Dried flowers remained from the first time she and Towhee Jr attempted to fix their mess. Sunbleached pieces of skeleton stuck out where the earth had eroded away.

Seal’s ears swept against the back of her head and stopped a good distance away, afraid.