Alpine Lake Tokyo night train.

@Rodyn

The weather kept changing its mind today. The day dawned dreary and gray, the heavy clouds portentous; perhaps one of the season’s first storms would gather overhead. But then they slowly parted, the sun fading in and out of view along with glimpses of bright blue.

The forecast didn’t necessarily lend itself to travel, though Towhee didn’t endeavor to go far today. She was back to normal, though she decided to continue staking out in the copse, at least for a while. Life had struck a pretty good rhythm there, and Meerkat and Njord didn’t mind if she wandered off every once in a while.

She ventured just beyond the foot of Ghost Lion Crag, parking beside the stream emptying from the nearby Alpine Lake. Towhee glanced at the sky—still partly cloudy—and then peered at the water. She could use a bath, though her own words of warning about the buddy system gave her pause, lips curving in amusement.