Redtail Rise sleepless solitude tonight

I had some free time and the other thread seems to be pretty underway. I know you said I could toss Merc in there but I figured I'd just start us our own. :P Hope you don't mind if I count this for his warden trade; two birds with one stone! :D @Wynter

Mercury tried to work off the still roiling emotions within him, feeling everything burn away except for the physical feelings — hunger, exhaustion, the subtle ache of his legs as he pushed himself on his patrol — detached feelings that served a relevant purpose. His anger and bitterness hadn't truly gone anywhere, not even with the news of Ragnar's death having been dropped on him in a nuclear bomb fashion, complete with a physical reminder of his brother's own anger and betrayal though Gunnar's feelings were aimed directly at Mercury. The wound, where his brother's teeth had spliced open his cheek — a small cat scratch, truly — stung every now and then, as if to remind him that while Gunnar might have been being a giant prick; so, too, was he. Perhaps Mercury had deserved Gunnar's anger, but fighting with Gunnar wouldn't solve Mercury's issues, and suspected it wouldn't really solve Gunnar's own, either. 

Dwelling upon it did nothing to soothe him, either, so Mercury was determined to push their fight far from his mind, doing his best to ignore the itch of his injury beneath the foliage he had chewed and sloppily swiped on it with his paw — wishing that he had someone he could ask to apply it more directly for him. Most of the green, medicinal, saliva formed goop had dried to the fur surrounding Gunnar's revenge wound, but it had served it's purpose, reliving the subtle sting when it would randomly hit for a small while. Imperial green eyes kept upon his path, following the invisible but tangible by the scent borders. Their individual urination marks came together as one scent, saturated in the earth, hanging heavy. A warning. Steps ceased as he paused, lowering his nose to the ground to sniff at a small section whose scent was weaker than the the marks around it, lifted his leg and relieved himself on it, strengthening it with his scent.