"Why are you here?" Aru was surprised to see Deva standing beside another blizzardwing near Fluffy.
"I'm coming with you to the Boulder tribe," Deva said with a shrug.
"Why would you come with me?"
"Because I promised your chief I'd bring you back in one piece."
"Oh, right!" Aru had almost forgotten that despite their constant bickering, Deva was still a responsible adult.
"Let's get going," Deva called out.
Aru gathered his belongings and approached Fluffy. The matriarch had allowed him to keep Fluffy, so he decided to bring the bird along. Besides that, flying home was definitely preferable to trekking through the snow-covered mountains.
"Lith, come here," Aru called to the nearby baby mammoth. It was just as tall as he was and much heavier, but still within the weight limit a blizzardwing could carry.