Even as Daine says it, Almondine spots a familiar path through the trees. Her ears twitch as she hears the stream in the distance behind her. She grins.

Come on! she calls over her shoulder. Then she bounds through the undergrowth.

The smells, the sights, the sounds - everything is so familiar. There's the echo of an ache in her chest, and she wonders why, but it's gone as quickly as it came.