Moonspear Longstoryshort.

While they waited for Sialuk to arrive, Towhee asked him a question that immediately wiped the smile off his face. He looked at her for a moment, brows knitting together slightly as he tried to think of the last time he'd seen Fennec.

-No, she hasn't,- Killdeer replied, frowning. -I'm guessing she's not been around the Copse, either? When was the last time you saw her?-

He knew his mother liked to wander and travel, but she usually let someone trusted know when she did so. The fact that neither of them seemed to know where she was or what she was doing sent little alarm bells jingling in his mind.

But she'd come back, right? She always came back.