[ameko]

@hxneysuckle @mochi

Sagehawk followed a couple pawsteps away from the mentor-apprentice duo, keeping his mouth ajar in case any suspicious scent wafted towards them. Ratpaw already seemed to have control of the situation, by the looks of it, so he didn't pay much mind to where they were headed. His eyes drifted to the side, watching the trees and bushes pass.

"The tunnels..." he echoed, looking back over at the others. At Pebbleskip's comment, Sagehawk's brows furrowed in thought. "Where do you think the coyotes went?" he wondered. "If they got Alderpaw"—Sagehawk paused to cough—"maybe they took him back to their den?" He could barely say that without feeling the bile rise in his throat. Thinking about what those beasts might've done to him...

..he shuddered, shaking his head. Still, they had to go over all of their options, just in case what they were dreading turned out to be true.