Moonsong Glacier in the dark of the moon

Dutch was disappointed but unsurprised to hear that Leith was not keen to find romance. The good ones never seemed to be — until, suddenly, they were. But Dutch wrote him off as a possible suitor for Simbelmyne right away. The pair of them likely had more fruitful things to focus on than each other.

"That sounds familiar," Dutch admitted, although he'd since quit his trade to settle at the glacier. "But if you find fulfillment in your studies, there's little need to seek it elsewhere."

That was his opinion, anyway. Most of his family held a very different one.

The panther's mind wandered. "Ornithology," he said again, still marveling at the word. Who'd even come up with something like that? A mind to be admired, surely. He gave a little shake of his head. "Is there much to learn from birds?" he wondered.