Moonspear [m] tabula rasa

Mothers needed to have a fierce streak, he thought. How else could they protect their children? Especially ones like Sialuk or Fennec, without a stable mate to back them up. He remembered all too well Bronco's absence throughout much of his childhood. . .

And then Sia brought up his mother.

I am, he said, nodding. I don't know if she ever wanted more kids— Or wants more, he thought, and then he remembered, with a bolt to the heart, what Towhee had told him.

Do you want me to look for Pauk? Killdeer asked, turning a soft stare upon Sialuk. Towhee told me Fennec is missing, and then Pauk went off, too, and I— I'd like to look for both of them, if you're okay with it. If it would make you feel more at ease.

If I find him. Alive or dead. At least there would be answers.

Not to mention, what he'd find on the Fennec front. . .

Just let me know, he murmured.