Sleepless I dream of the day [m]

Charon had wanted to visit Blacktail Deer Plateau, really, to look if they'd found Osprey yet, but he ended up beelining around it. He told himself it was to see how the storm had touched the surrounding territories, but in truth he was just avoiding going there; afraid of the answer, perhaps. "It looks like the storm went easy on this place," Charon said to himself while he started on a narrow path that lead down from the mountain ridge he'd been travelling. He suddenly felt odd talking to himself -- it reminded him of the time he'd still had Drake, before he was old enough for that sort of stuff.

When Charon came upon the spring, he was positively surprised by its untouched beauty. He stood and stared at it in marvel for a moment or two -- however, his joy did not last long, for while he looked around, he als osaw Dante not far off. Just his luck.

As it was too late to just wander off and ignore Dante, as he might've already seen Charon, too, the young Beta decided to walk up to him. He might as well ask him about Osprey, although Dante was the last wolf that Charon wanted to hear any bad news from. "Did you find Osprey?" Charon asked, skipping pleasantries. It was phrased as a question, although it was evident from the wry expression on his face that he did not expect a positive answer.