Moonspear Longstoryshort.

-We'll give her the tour next time,- Killdeer promised Pie and the other youngsters, smiling. It was too bad she wasn't staying, but he understood. With Njord and Meerkat gone, Towhee was holding down the fort in the Copse.

He was pleased, though, with Sialuk's intention to visit in the opposite direction.

-Say 'goodbye' to Towhee, kids!- he instructed, making sure to form and then repeat the ptero for farewell slowly and carefully so they could copy him.  -Goodbye for now, anyway,- he added, with a soft glance toward his grandmother.

Thus, the Moonspear welcoming committee sent her off, and even if others left, he waited until she'd disappeared over the horizon before he himself dispersed.