Grouse Thicket i was supposed to be sent away

As they arrived to the edge of the Copse, Kigipigak kept an eye on little Sisamat as he ran along, and looked back to the path which they had made through the forest; back towards their failed village, and to the path entrance that wound towards the falls. He thought of the girl he had found in their den and realized how pointless it had been to defend something that had no further use to him or his family.

When he looked back, he caught the eye of his wife. She lifted her chin to call for his aokatti and Njord's wife, Meerkat; Kigipigak was stern, and more focused on the upcoming work of ferrying his children and his wife to somewhere safer. Losing the connection and the proximity to his friend was something he had not accounted for, and was now grappling with.