Redsand Canyon vultus

belatedly germanicus realized that he should not have entered the den, should not have corrupted it with his blood and worthlessness.

fennec was there, tense and silent.

"there was a cat beside the lake. it is dead now."

the lake! 

where he had ended up after valiria had gone.

where his son @Aquillius had fought a wolverine and never come home.

he drew a ragged breath and met the pale glint of her gaze in the darkness. more to say, but he could not yet muster it.