Sequoia Coast DISCOVER · Jawbone Hill

The feeling's definitely mutual! :)

"Whoa," Pied protested when Hawkeye mentioned the crude running joke between her uncles. "I do not need to know these things." Despite herself, she laughed. Her lips pressed together to stifle the sound. "Peregrine definitely has an attitude problem sometimes," she agreed thoughtfully, "though he's a lot like my grandmother: hot-tempered but fiercely loyal and protective. I bet you won't have any trouble keeping him in check in any case."

She found herself stepping back onto the stone overlooking the mill pond. It was cool beneath her feet. Pied ventured to one of its edges, inspected the landing below, then made the leap. She landed just inches from the water, then thrust her pale snout into the shadows beneath the great wedge-shaped rock. It was a cold, damp environment down here, with algae growing thickly on its underside.

"This pond must rise and fall with the seasons," she mused aloud to Hawkeye. "Let's see what's beyond the pond," she invited, beginning to trot around the small pond toward whatever lay over yonder.