Redsand Canyon and wouldn't it be nice if i could sleep in my own bed

Whoever called did so for Germanicus, but the voice sounded familiar and Tierra was curious. It turned out to be the kid that she'd been sent to find in Paleo... Siku? Totally nailed remembering that!

He's probably coming. What, did you decide that Mereo was actually cool now? She was aware his mom had left, but her brain hadn't connected the reason for his coming here as being to visit her because... well, she wasn't here! And parents not being around was something Tierra had needed to learn to reckon with at a pretty young age.

So she laughed a little at her own joke, then waited to find out why he'd shown back up on their borders after he hadn't bothered to when she'd gone looking for him. Pretty rude, actually.