Big Salmon Lake He called my name and my heart stood still

Oh.  Well there's gotta be something good about the place, right?  At least the Wilds don't get too warm for ya.  The firebrand would have preferred the warmer weather, but the Wilds had only been getting up to the mid-sixties.  She'd have to make do.

She laughed good-naturedly at his ignorance.  Apples!  They're fruit.  They don't make a very good meal, but they're a fine snack.  Tell you what. If you wanna hike a little further west next time you're dying to see me, I'll even bring you some, eh?  

You didn't know they were here?  Do you not know them well?

Ceara sobered strikingly fast.  No.  There are more of us than I can count.  The phoenix did not know, but there were nearly nine hundred of them on the family tree — there was absolutely no way she would have known them all.  They're mostly older siblings, and we've got two who were just born.  She shrugged.  'S why I wasn't traveling with anyone.  I haven't made very many — well, friends, I guess.