Dragoncrest Cliffs ares

Eljay chuckled at the girl's enthusiasm, and he felt a pang of regret that he had never been like that. Eljay wanted nothing more, even now, than to be strong and tough and to prove to his parents that he was really a good wolf. He had always been a weakling, a pathetic weenie — even if Nightjar had been the only one who had dared say it to his face — and he needed to change. Even his little great-cousins or however it was called were apparently tougher than he.

The hint of melancholy drifted away when she took off again and he followed after. Eljay kept up well, and shortly after they went on their way with the patrol he asked, "What's your name..?" His voice was sheepish, feeling weird asking her this when he as her cousin-uncle should just know these things. But he did not, and he figured the longer he waited, the more awkward it'd get.