Bearclaw Valley oh captain, who is your captain?

in light of laurel being gone, indra reclined on her haunches as she canted an ear towards the bird above. the sun, nearly at its zenith, cast a halo around ridge's form -- he was bright, illuminant, and fringed in a soft golden glow.

he was right spring was upon them. indra considered that quietly. it had been a late spring, she thought - snow upon snow upon snow -- and then later, rain for days. it was strange to think that the season had changed without her hardly noticing. now that she looked around, she could appreciate that spring had been coming all along. subtly, but there.

"i'm not sure... with laurel pregnant, it changes things. i want to though..." she said earnestly, and she believed it. indra thought there was no place for them here in the valley. xan had already shown his colors, she believed -- and well, their relationship with the alpha female was beyond repair in indra's eyes.

no, they would be better off somewhere else. "it would be nice to leave though. the alpha male doesn't deserve her... and her puppies deserve a better life than being second best to the other puppies."