Heron Lake Plateau this doesn't belong here

Bat had convinced herself that @Tegan didn't much care about her anymore. What else would explain his weird behavior since her return? It was pretty painful, especially after seeing him with Poe, and she wanted to leave sooner than later. It was tempting to simply hit the road without looking back. But whether or not he gave a damn, Bat didn't want to leave without saying goodbye.

She planted her feet at the foot of the plateau and howled loudly, letting anyone who cared know that she would be leaving soon. Bat intended to hang out in case anyone wanted to come wish her farewell in person, though she wouldn't hold her breath. She would give it twenty minutes, tops, then she would go collect @Sequoia and head for the horizon.

tegan heard the call, gave a few flicks of his tail, a few twitches of his nose, a single flick of a single, grey ear, and made for the opposite direction.

No one came. It actually hurt more than she'd expected. How could Tegan simply stop caring about her? Just for trying to find some semblance of independence? Just for doing what she loved? Oh. Maybe that was it. Her belly filled with a sick sort of fire as she wondered if he was really in love with Poe. He didn't need her (Bat) anymore, did he? And would she even want to hang around, watching those two live out her dream of yore—the one she'd thought she'd been over but clearly wasn't?

Her eyes filled with tears. Bat sniffed, trying to hold onto them, but they streamed freely down her face as she turned away from the plateau and began heading for the distant horizon. She wouldn't go far before she called @Sequoia to join her, though Bat would give herself a few moments to collect herself. She was a little heartbroken, though she didn't want to start this adventure on the wrong foot. This was going to be a good thing, a happy thing, a real coming-of-age and into-her-own sort of story.