Qeya River fables

Other Shore blinked. I am from beyond a valley, she replied, trying to remember her journey into these lands. I tried to follow a muddy river. Got lost... and... she tried to recall what she could. ... and then I saw a big hill. That hill ended in a steep cliff. Kept walking and got here. 

It was only after the words left her mouth did she realize that Star Eater had probably been referring to her home. She hadn't been lying when she said that her home was beyond a valley, but where exactly, she failed to remember. 

"Unattended". Other Shore had never been described as "unattended" before. Of course there was no one with her. The Saatsine people were, among the few wolves she'd met, perhaps the only pack to not greet her with immediate hostility. She slowly came up with an answer as she observed Star Eater continue with her herb sorting. Home... she explained, was on a big, cold field. A few hills and streams and short grasses, nothing much more. There was little food, so I left alone.

A simple explanation, she supposed, but one that worked. Other Shore couldn't fully remember what had happened - it had been quite long since her departure - but she trusted her memory enough.

She peered curiously at Star Eater, at her unreadable expression and intense eyes. Did you come from another home, too? she asked quietly. Star Eater knew quite a lot about her, yet she knew little about the woman. Were you also... what was the word Star Eater had used? ... unattended?