Nova Peak The sun won't let up.

He wanted to bury her he could not bury her he wanted --

Riley shook his head. Masque. Raider. Dead. The rest was foggy; at some point he knew he'd woken up next to her stiff body, flies already blackening the goldensun of her eyes. He'd gotten up.

He wanted to bury her but he could not bury her, the kids. The kids.

How much time was left?

Dizzy. There was something following him but he looked back and --

what?

His throat burned.

Had Nova Peak always been so tall?

By the time he made it to the den, his muscles tremored of their own accord. She's -- His hindquarters sagged. dead, @Goldeneye was there in the cave, and sensed something was terribly amiss. Riley swallowed and felt saliva and blood both mat his dark fur.

who was that?

His head snapped to the right with a growl, lips pulled back in a quivering grimace. Dead.