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"Pleeeaaase, Papa Val. We miss de sea. Can we go home?"

They would not be denied. By hook or by crook, @Lucette and Lafayette made the journey back to Sapphique a little early. It was easy enough to follow the shore back north, and upon seeing the familiar forest ahead, his heart lightened and leapt with joy.

A few days later, he was meandering through the forest when the howl rang out. It was for that older man, Pepper; he hadn't gotten to know him much.

Curious, the boy left the rendezvous and trotted down the well-worn path toward the source of the noise, his fiery pelt blending well against the red-gold leaves littered on the ground. Ahead was a pale-furred woman speaking to Pepper, and there was something at her paws—

Who are you? Lafayette asked her, then nodded at her bundle. An' what is dat?

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