Verdigris Ravine flank

ironically, there was nothing zoug meant to say. he had provided for the tribe a long while now. he and candle would bolster their numbers with young in the months to come.

but s'ari was their leader no matter what role she took among them. 

and he would come to her if she called him.

"storms of sand will come again. we go to cave?" zoug asked, thinking of the small shelter toward the back of the ravine where the tribe had brought s'ari to heal.