Walk With Me [Open]

It was chillier here in the stone forest than anywhere else in Nain; Theron chalked that up to the presence of so much towering rock. What sunlight could shine here was made cooler by the steady wind that whistled between the formations at all hours of the day or night.

Theron was not possessed of an incredibly thick pelt, but neither was he any stranger to cold weather. Chilly winds were not the worst he had ever been made to endure - and he was more interested in exploring the length and breadth of his new territory. He had put the stone forest off for last in part because it seemed the least immediately dangerous region within Nain, but there had also been the matter of waiting for the weather to be right for the excursion. The winds had been somewhat high for the majority of the time since they had settled here, and Theron could only imagine that it might have been strong enough to blast him off his feet here in the stone forest.

But today the wind had finally seemed to calm down enough to venture out into the breezy stone forest, and left with no other excuses to put off its investigation further, Theron finally ventured into the heart of the great formations.

He knew the others may have been here before, braving the high winds here for the sake of keeping this area of their territory marked while their little pack struggled to pull itself together. That knowledge made him feel more than a little guilty for his own procrastination, but it did little good to dwell on the past. He was out here now, and could rectify his laziness through proper action. That was what mattered.

He found many of the markers had already been refreshed, and extremely recently. Following their trail lead him to Tiriel, the Isles wolf who had joined their little group on the islands more out of basic necessity than anything else - though, truly, hadn't they all come together to make their exodus easier? Tiriel was a loyal member of Asa now, and that was what mattered.

Truthfully, he was eager to speak with her one-on-one; she was the only pack mate with whom he had not had the chance to speak in private, and she had been the first to advocate for his rise as their pack's alpha. If nothing else, he would like to know more about his unexpected supporter.

"I'm glad to see not everyone is as lax as I have been in maintaining our borders," he said by way of greeting, smiling as he approached the caramel point woman. "I suppose this means we have you to thank for the lack of intrusions we've had so far."