wakeup call

Corbie nodded. "They stop here on their way up to the north, so they come by sooner. Spring comes sooner in the west than some other places. Too arid for the air to stay cold as long I suppose. It can sneak up on you of you aren't used to it.." She only had vague memories of life before Tornach had found her, and they were colored by a pup's poor perception of time, so she didn't know for herself whether that was true. A lot of her knowledge of life away from her home came from Tornach and Tam - she had never lived anywhere but the west as far as she could accurately remember.

Torben's gentle interrogation made her smile. "Oh I don't mind questions. I was orphaned when I was a young pup. The male who rescued and raised me was Tornach Adravendi, Aurielle's uncle. So I am... A friend of the family, I suppose." Tornach had never formally adopted her, just acted as her guardian, so she didn't really consider the Adravendi to be family but they were a link to Tornach,, and it was nice to visit with those who remembered him as fondly as she did.