Bramblepoint I'll follow you way down to your deepest low.

He felt guilt weigh in, knowing that Meerkat and Fennec wouldn't be the only two who would want him to be at the Caldera. If both his mother and Towhee were pregnant, there could be a bunch of kids coming soon- leaving Phox and the few others to care for them all. From how it sounded, the pack's numbers were dwindling, and he probably should have been more concerned about that, but when she asked him about Fennec and Alyx he stiffened. 

-"No, not since before-" He said and cut himself off in shock. He hadn't seen or heard from either of them since before the landslide. -"The landslide- how long have they been gone?"- He asked fervently, his pupils narrowed. He felt a sudden tightness in his chest. What were the chances that they had been swept up in the landslide too?