The Heartwood terror in the night

Despite the fact that she'd made no real progress, Harlyn still felt as though she was getting somewhere.  Though she hadn't found Mordecai, she was slowly ticking off all of the places that he wasn't, but was slowly - ever so very slowly - bringing her closer to where he actually was.


When she came across the blue-nosed wolf, she had no idea just how close she was to finally finding him.  As it was, she simply saw a trouble wolf, trapped in his own mind.  Harlyn crept quietly towards him, reaching out a paw to touch his shoulder lightly.  "Hey, hey... wake up," she said softly, wanting to wake him but also avoid startling him too badly.