Duskfire Glacier from the endless dream

Kaskara took the hint, and was kind enough to believe in the best case scenario on all counts. Bazi stared at her ghastly yellow paws whilst mulling it over. She trusted Kaskara to know her brother - and what she was saying was.. mostly true. Upon leaving Swiftcurrent Creek, it had never entered into Bazi's mind that she would not return.

Or?

Perhaps once, when she was three steps beyond the last trace of Swiftcurrent scent, she had wondered what it would be like to drop everything start again somewhere else. No roots, no back-story, no obligations. It had been a fleeting thought - barely a second, but still there. The guilt weighed heavily on her now.

"I.. I thought about it, for a second." It was a mumbled admission. Tears came unbidden to Bazi's eyes - again. The better she got, the more she cried. "For a second - I was just so weary of it all! All I wanted was to see Tuwawi again, and the ki-ki-iiids," She was sobbing now, eyes and nose dribbling equally. "But she isn't here and her children are gone and everything is so awful for them! I w-w-would never do that to someone on purpose!" She sniffed hard, wiping her tear-streaked face against the inside of her left knee. "Do you really think he-HIC! he'll forgive me?"