Bearclaw Valley Far across the blue waters

he doesn't stop until he finds where he is sure the entrance to the communal den is. or rather, was. jagged, massive rocks, overgrown with thick vines as the earth reclaimed it, block the entrance. and probably the cave-in went deeper.

impossible to survive.

tzar is numb, drawn to the moment of confusion and fear as towhee jr snatched him by the scruff and ran as far as her legs would take them.

he forgets that time exists until ghost lets out a low cry and nips lightly at his ear.

broken out of his reverie, he blinks and turns his back to it.

yeah, lets go. he turns to rejoin his companion, whatever hope he'd been clinging to crushed.