Great Bear Wilderness at the edge of the future

Mordecai nodded; he too, understood that it was easy to forget how old they were in the grand scheme of things. Perhaps on a personal level, he also had a little bit of envy for his brother to have finally settled down. Up until then, Mordecai had spent most of the warmer months wandering, only waiting until the end of summer to find somewhere to hole up for the winter. The opportunities had presented themselves, but he had found he favored the life of adventure over settling. Those situations just didn't strike me as the way to go for any family, let alone children. But that harkened back to his own raising, and Sedona had always encompassed a large swath of land for them to capitalize on.

Still, the thought of it one day struck him as desireable.

“Yeah, he's here presently. Lives at the Spine.” And as much as he would have loved to take Verrine there, Mordecai knew he couldn't. Not with Julooke due in days to come, and not with the present situation in the Spine itself. “He's done well for himself, anyway. He's not all scratched and scarred up like Dad is. I guess he took to wandering about like us.” Funny though, how they had started to pool in the same place. Mordecai didn't know if that was fate or just luck of the draw.