Valley of Gold you may encounter the body

When his sister’s companion signed, it distracted him from his panicky feelings. He stared at the man’s limbs for a moment, catching Jr’s command to breathe out of the corner of his eye. He bobbed his head and did as he was told, drawing in a deep breath through his mouth and then exhaling through his nose.

-“You’re right. She probably just got bored and wandered away,”- he remarked to Jr before shifting his gaze to the man beside her. -“Are you Tvar?”- he asked. -“Nothing really happened. We were visiting the caldera when I decided to wander off on my own for a bit…”-

He stopped there, ears splaying sheepishly. Bushtit should’ve told his mom he wanted some time to himself versus simply… failing to show up at bedtime like always. He felt like such a piece of shit right then, his dark eyes falling to his pale paws.