Reyes absence had left a chasm in the Edge and for the longest time Remi had held to the idea shit happened and they'd find him or he'd turn up. But the further they went into winter it became clear he might not come back and their remaining leader wasn't handling it well. It was hard to witness, and even harder to ignore. But she had no idea what to do for him. She knew what it was like to lose a loved one, but not like this. This she decided was a lot worse because other than looking for Reyes she felt pretty helpless. While she thought a lot about trying to "cheer" the Selwyn up but the probability of that seemed as likely as her finding Reyes. Besides this was bad, horrible even, and she felt trying to act like it wasn't would just be another slap to the face. The idea still lingered with the stretch of time but she mostly stuck to her routine giving the man his space.
Each day she woke up with a determination things would get better. Keeping the faith he'd come back or the balance. Today she was just tired of it all. What if he didn't come back? What if he'd meant to leave them? Would others go? Would everyone lose spirit? They'd been doing pretty good, couldn't it be like that a little longer?
On and on the ideas spiraled downward with her own mood. She took a swipe at a snow drift, then clamped her teeth through it. Repeating the action while leaping at it from different directions. Slowly getting some of her restless energy and emotion out. It was covered in white powder with damp legs and snout she realized it was time to do something. The Edge wasn't lost. It was broken, and it would take some work to keep it from falling apart. A new mindset she knew where to start.
After hours of work she snagged a big, old rabbit now to just find Askan. With her prize tightly in her grip she hurried after his most recent trail with a spark of hope. Even if he was holed up in his den she told herself she wouldn't give up so easily.