Phoenix Maplewood oblivion

She glanced at him. He'd given his explicit permission that he be shoved into something and she was going to remember that. She also remembered that he'd not added a specific number to that permission and would take advantage of that if necessary. Nevertheless, if this pack were to claim this land it would help for them all to explore it and claim it as needed. If finding this wolf a source of water to help him chill out would accomplish that, so be it.

He spoke again. She shot him a look. "Says the wolf who was just camping out in a cave. How on earth could a forest be more suffocating?" He made no sense. At least in a forest one could catch glimpses of the sky. A cave had a roof and offered nothing but perpetual darkness the further one drifted into the twilight zone. If he wished to argue, he'd better come up with a better supporting argument. Thus far, the judge was presiding and found fault in his logic.

He stepped closer. She quickly stepped further away as he groomed his chest and once again mentioned something about her sleeping at night. "You seem awfully concerned about my sleep schedule," she commented, thinking nothing of his snarky remark. She slept fine. She'd been a lone wolf long enough to catch a little bit of shut eye when necessary and the idea of joining up with this pack hadn't changed that. She still got her hours in and managed to make herself useful.

Arion decided then that it was time to step foot further into this forest. "Way ahead of you." She was already waltzing through it, unbothered by the canopy if only because they offered a reprieve from the summer heat. That, and there were a number of herbal specimens that craved shadows. A forest, was far better than the bi-polar mountain that composed her brief interlude in a previous home. Still, if this was to be their new home, it would be best to take the appropriate means to claim it. "Now be a good little wolf, lift a leg to that tree, and make yourself useful."