Northstar Vale does it almost feel like you've been here before?

@Sebastian
Backdated to May 5th

Alarian hadn't been within Tindómë's borders for a week yet, and already he was desperately anxious about it. He knew that by now, his packmates had noticed his absence; whether they searched for him now, he could not guess. Part of him expected they would not. Though he was hurt now, his absence had been a choice in the first place— did that even deserve a search?
He hoped it did.
The boy would have been up and moving, if he was able. His wounds still hurt fiercely, though; beyond that, something had fractured within him. Not physically. Ali dared not think now about what Runion had told him, fearing the fracture would worsen before he could return home. Home. He ached for it. Laying among the grass within the Vale, many miles from Broken Boulder, it was all he could think about.