Morningside Cuesta enter, pursued by a memory

"there are. i haven't met them." she led the way along the edge of the cuesta, experiencing a sense of relief as noctisardor kept its power above them. "i was born here. the territory is so large there's no reason to leave or need help."
both aware and unaware that she sounded delusional, heda inhaled the pinesnow air, her shoulders trembling again.
this could feed them. and then she would need to decide where to go. she would join anyone before she allowed ava and dinah to starve.
"i'm afraid we'll have to run quite a bit. but the place acts like a maze. it was easier to hunt there than on flat land, if i remember well."
but now she was quiet, bracing herself against another scouring wind.