Bramblepoint Southstar.

Such an oldie and goldie. :D

The same way Towhee thought of her, Dwin now realized that her dearly beloved hag was the only living relative of hers in the wilds. Everyone else was gone now - siblings, cousins, uncles and aunts - she could not name anyone that was around. To think that just a few years ago, even before her birth, Blackthorn name had reigned in the area (or so the stories told, being flexible with the truth) and now this had changed completely. Of course, there was a high likelihood that there were still children born with tell-tale dark stripe along their spine, but that was the only reminder, of, who their ancestors could have been. 

"Yeah, that's, how I feel about caldera now. Don't want to return there, because every single empty corner just screams about, what was their once and what no longer exists," Dwin remarked. "Who is your friend - a wolf kind, a bird kind or an imagined kind?" she asked.