Stone Circle While on Patrol

Though abandoning his night-patrol duties, while Valette was away scouting in other lands, had been a very tempting option, Birk's better half (and the selfish-part had something to do with it as well) made him keep his word. After all he had not been here long enough to make just the right amount of good impressions in order to make the climb in the ranks and eventually becoming a leader himself. From his point of view - he was nowhere near to achieving this goal this season anyway. 

Therefore around the same time Howl had set on patrol, Birk was returning from his, ready to take a well-deserved rest and sleep all through the day. Imagine his surprise meeting another one this early! He stopped, scrutinized the wolf, who he had seen around, but never approached to get acquainted and decided that this would be just as good day as any other to do the thing. Therefore he set off, approaching the other i the calm-confident manner and greeted him with a friendly bark. "Morning," he said, "everything right on this edge of the borders? Cause nothing interesting, where I come from." He beckoned towards the area he had covered during his night patrol.