Redhawk Caldera go back on each other

Maybe @Amon and/or @FitzDutiful could hop in?

Atop a large, flat boulder, Fox reclined. Ashton's scent had reappeared today, and Fox had felt a sense of relief wash over her. It was hard to think that some of their followers would ever leave, even though she was quite used to the ebb and flow of comrades. It was common here, in the Teekon Wilds, for wolves to come and go when the need arose. Fox had done no such thing, at least not without good (to her) reasons, but to know that so many wolves slipped out of her life without so much as a words made her feel deflated some days. Now that Ashton had returned, there were still a few who the caldera had lost, but the number was one less than it had been before.

Finley had not yet returned to their home, though, and Fox was beginning to feel hints of worry. The girl was an outrider, so perhaps she was just on a particularly long mission. Would she have told her leaders (and friends) that she meant to be gone for this long? Perhaps something had happened to her along the way. Fox blinked, trying to rid herself of the horrendous things her imagination was sure to come up with. Finley was used to getting in trouble, Fox told herself. Surely she knew how to get herself out of it with all the practice she'd had.

Fox felt warm, despite the chill of winter, as she lay on her side beneath the warm rays of the midday sun. She blinked lazily, thinking of what her children might look like. Would they be carbon copies of either her or Peregrine? Maybe they would look like one of Peregrine's siblings... or Fox's. Fox had plenty of variety in her family, which got her wondering as to where Robin had wandered off to. If her sister ever came back, she was not sure if she would allow her shelter again. They were sisters, yes, but considering Robin had disappeared so many times, each instance without a word to say she was leaving, Fox was beginning to feel resentment toward her older sibling. Was it really so hard to stick around?

The girl let out a sigh, feeling her chest fall as she did so, and went back to day-dreaming of things to come. She hoped that the winter would treat them well.