Great Bear Wilderness a flock of birds

The younger wolf relented and earned himself a curious glance from Atreyu. Well...that was easy. But wasn't at all like Charon. He was certain he would come up with some crazy idea of how to check out the lower reaches of the quarry. Instead, he simply yielded and that was the end of that. Whatever shiny thing that was down there though had caught Atreyu's attention, and he wasn't about to give it up as easy as Charon had.

"C'mon," he said with a chuff of laughter, nosing the Beta in the ribs as he strode past him. A rock jutted out, flat and stable, forming a sort of ridge that he perched upon and peered down, trying to get a closer look at the bottom. "You're not a pushover, are you?" he taunted with a waving tail, hoping to spur the boy into action.