Duskfire Glacier raise your shoes

The man was a friend, who Meerkat had only recently re-conceptualized in a romantic way after things between her and Issoratuyok fell apart. There was a word for that: rebounding. Lane did not speak this thought out loud though, unwilling to rain on Meerkat's parade. If things didn't work out with her new man, Meerkat knew she had a place with the Duskfire wolves, wherever they ended up. 

Lane nodded regretfully. "We'll miss you too. It will be strange to leave you behind when we move... it's almost like we're starting over with a brand-new pack." In just a few short months, Duskfire Glacier had turned over almost all of its members. Speaking of which...

Before she could ask if Meerkat had seen Rye or Eldritch around, Meerkat redirected the conversation onto Lane, asking how she was doing. 

"Oh, uh.. I'm just trying to get through one day at a time," Lane admitted. "Lately, it's like Firefly Glen all over again. One crisis after another. I just hope it'll be different, in Issoraruyok's promised land." God, she was tired. She didn't know it yet, but in only a few short days, life would deliver yet another crisis to their doorstep in the form of an injured young woman and an ally under attack.