Redhawk Caldera coaldust

dwin was quick to speak against the departure, and chickadee listened. "at least you got to have one," she muttered when her sister had finished, sighing loudly. "i haven't really been anywhere. the only time i did was to look for ani, and —" well. look how that had turned out.
"sitting here while she's out there feels wrong. every day i just feel — frustrated." chickadee didn't feel effective or productive. she knew every part of the caldera.
she felt trapped in a dream world where everyone just moved on without ani.