King Elk Forest take a chill pill

@Seabreeze: Set right after this thread while Uka is leaving the Forest.

The crisis had been averted. Uka was now on his merry way out of the King Elk Forest, and with every step taken, he could feel his spirits lightening. He hated being around people like Mato and Delight; they were the sort to drain the humor from even the most lighthearted jokes, and Uka had always thought that wolves who couldn't laugh weren't worth keeping around. Some things in life, you either laughed at them or let them kill you, and he knew which one he preferred. 

The faintly traced border was coming up, so it was only a matter of moments before he was free of this pack's energy, but he couldn't quite shake the feeling that there was something he was leaving behind. Oh no, not today, he whispered to himself, as if to reiterate his purpose for leaving. No matter what pulled him back, forward was the goal.