Blacktail Deer Plateau First thing's first — I'm the illest.

as expected, grayday and aditya wanted completely different things, as far as territory went. he smiled ruefully in response. then again, he couldn't really blame the man; he had run into quite a few trees since losing his eye. aditya imagined he would do the same, if thrust into a similar predicament.

they reached the pond, and he lowered his muzzle in reflex to take a long drink, forgetting it was frozen over. shaking his head in faint dismay, he snapped up a mouthful of snow instead, wincing slightly as the frozen liquid trickled down his throat--which burned a little; he hoped he wasn't getting sick himself.

"i'll miss this place, despite what's all happened," aditya remarked, looking over at grayday, then shrugged. "then again, i've never stayed in one place for very long. i'm used to a change of scenery."