Heron Lake Plateau Shadows alive.

Yeah, he did wanna get out of here and go back to Raven.  But there was still one issue that he was going to have to discuss with Niamh, so probably best to go over it now while she and Towhee were both here.  I will, but there's something I want to go over first.  With winter basically here, we need to make sure that we're on the same page about being smart about resources -- which includes people.  If something else happens, we need to make sure there's a plan before anyone runs off to do anything crazy so we don't lose someone else in the process, yeah?  He looked between them.  Quixote was specifically thinking of Tegan's trip to Blackfeather and just how badly that could have gone -- it was stuck in his mind.  The world itself was only going to add to the dangers as the months dragged on, which meant these were definitely not the months for war, and soon wouldn't even be the good time for dragged-out searches, no matter who was lost.  It wasn't very fulfilling for vengeance or necessarily what family of the missing would want to hear, but again, he'd play bad guy if needed to keep the majority safe.

Then again... He tilted his head, speculating, Maybe make sure that anyone who frequently goes out of the territory knows some basic self-defense too.  Everyone would be better but eh.  That part he was just playing by ear.  Depending on how things went for other wolves in the area, maybe soon they might not be the only ones out here... But at least for now their isolation was more of a problem.  Something else to consider, at least.