Moonspear i hope you dance

New faces had arrived at the Moonspear. Their presence, along with Glaukos, helped along his decision to disperse. With Alaric at her side in leadership, @Treepie would succeed.

Given all that, he still felt incredibly sheepish as he called for his daughter.

Sure, he'd never given her some kind of oath to stay forever and ever—but that kind of promise came automatically with being a parent. And since he was her only parent still around. . .

What had Bronco thought in his time apart from his son? How had Towhee let go of her many children?

Killdeer stood in the center of the rendezvous, firm-legged but his guts turned to water. He couldn't get out of his head the sight of Tiuttuk's face, when she'd stumbled upon his and his grandmother's conversation. He couldn't bear to twist the knife further.