Despite the early hour, the trio was already trekking through the forest. It was definitely the perfect day for travel, the summer sun was quite strong and from what could be seen, only blue skies above. This area of the forest was a mix of both deciduous and coniferous trees, but thankfully well spaced with little underbrush, making it easy for the trio to navigate the terrain. Which was good, as one member of the party was little more than a pup and still tended to tire easily. When he wasn't up to other antics.
Tiger Eye yawned widely, trying to disperse the early morning tiredness that still clung to her. By now, Cloudberry had been venturing with the family duo for some weeks, but Tiger wasn't sure she'd ever agree with the unholy hour that he tended wake at. Sure, somehow he always managed to snag some kind of prey in the wee hours of the morning, but the female would rather sleep late despite the free food. As it was, the she-wolf unenthusiastically plodded before her travel-mates. Scree Slurry, on the other hand, was already a bubbling well of energy. Puppy-enthusiasm spurned him to check every stick, puddle and log for potential playmates. Generally this would only last a little while before either his mom or Cloudberry carried him, but for now he was fighting imaginary foes and pouncing on every stick and rock that they passed.
A gentle tugging on the end of Cloudberry's tail gave him pause and he slowed his pace, glancing back from the corner of his eye. The pup, Scree, who had already grown larger in the last few weeks since the pale wolf had met him, was trying to n** the end of the male's tail. Apparently this was the pup's newest combatant. Amused despite himself, Cloud swept his fluffy tail a little more aggressively, and a little higher up. May as well challenge the youngster. After some minutes of furious tail wagging, "Twack!" sounded through the area followed by a yelp. Cloud zipped around to see the brown pup fallen on his rump looking dazed.
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He was a long way from home.
Not that he had ever... really had a home. His mother and himself had been travelling since he grown old enough to do so. The irony was that the moment Sand Splash had decided to settle down, Slate had realized that he did not want to. Not there, at least, spending the rest of his days as his mother's shadow... She did not deserve such a cruel train of thought, truly.
Slate shook his head, casting away his darker thoughts to instead embrace the coming day. He had been travelling for what felt like ages, to the point where his legs ached and his paws felt as if they would split open. It was perhaps unhealthy, the fervor he took to wandering as far away from the pack his mother had settled in to. He was doing fine, just fine. The more he told himself that, the more he believed it.
It was more difficult to hunt on his own, but he still did it. Harder yet to learn how to avoid pack territories and encounters that he was not ready for.
That was his dilemma right now. The woods were nothing but tall trees and little actual ground cover, making it easy to see some distance ahead of himself. It had taken him an embarrassingly long time to realize he was travelling parallel to a group of wolves. He assumed it was a couple with their pup. They weren't exactly being discreet, and that was reassuring to the young male. If they had looked like they didn't want to be found, he would have been more concerned by being in their vicinity.
Truthfully, it had been too long since he had spoken with another to pass up this opportunity. The worst thing that could happen would be that they chased him off, and he was used to running by now. Cautiously he approached, keeping his movements slow to prevent himself from looking threatening (not that he was a scary looking wolf to begin with). "Good... morning?" his hesitation made his greeting seem more like a question.
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Scree peered up at Cloud from the ground. Obviously the light colored male's tail was just too much of a foe for the young pup. Cloud fully expected the pup to perhaps cry to his mom or scamper to her for reassurance, so he was quite surprised when the little dark pup blinked a few times, bur stayed seated where he had fallen. "Are you o-"
"Good... morning?"
The tentative greeting cut off what Cloud had been about to say. The male's head whipped around to the sound, and he tensed momentarily. But it only lasted a moment until he focused on the source of the call. Obviously this wolf wasn't a threat or else no greeting would have been spoken.
Scree, not yet old enough to reach the same conclusion as Cloud, jumped into action. Getting his too large feet into action, he dove behind the light male. Keeping the male between himself and the new voice, the pup didn't do more than peek out from around his barrier towards the source of the noise.
"Good Morning." Tiger Eye, less prone to be jumpy, had merely turned. From her position she had a clear view of the stranger and her gaze roamed over the young wolf. "Thank you." The she-wolf dipped her head in acknowledgement. The male hadn't needed to announce his presence, and doing so had been a courtesy Tiger appreciated.
"Yes, it is a good morning." Cloudberry too, nodded to the individual. It had been a while since he'd seen another wolf, excluding his present company and he was eager to hear what news the newcomer had. Cloud was sure this wasn't pack territory, but any interesting tidbit would be welcome.
