Moonspear it's the promise of life in your heart

He knew his mother well enough to intuit that the bad first impression may not have been entirely Bridget's fault—but that was beside the point. The healer hadn't seen Fennec, and his worry would continue, gnawing at him from the inside.

Not necessarily—she does like to travel, Killdeer explained. And I know she can get around fine. I think she was in the hinterlands last, in the copse with Towhee. I guess I'm just thrown off by her just being. . .gone.

Fennec was going to do Fennec. Killdeer certainly wasn't a child she needed to look after. But he missed her something fierce, and to not even know. . .

He shrugged on a deep sigh, and gave Bridget a wordless, helpless glance.