Great Bear Wilderness all these diamonds

Hostility was not something Clarence had thought he would have to deal with today, but maybe that was the cool new thing for teenagers that he just wasn't aware of. Regardless, the boy hardly flinched at the tone and instead waited for the other guy to continue speaking.

"It's fine," he said awkwardly, settling onto the pebbly shore in an almost mirrored image to the boy in front of him. His ears swiveled to the sides, visibly uncomfortable. "And... no, you don't really look okay. That's what I was asking." Red eyes flicked back up to the other wolf and he tilted his head. "Sorry for assuming."