Overture Downs momentum for the sake of momentum

I hope I interpreted your score marks right LOL

The trio moved into a deciduous stand, and like Mordecai's, Luke's gaze was drawn to the scored bark above their heads. It was an unmistakable sign: an antlered animal had passed through here and had left his mark behind. He had intended it as communication and among his own, but the wolves had since figured out these imprints that bucks made. With fresh sap still bleeding from the scrapes, it told them food was near. The white wolf's head lowered to inspect the ground. At the base of the tree large prints indicative of a male, but further out he could see the smaller indents left by does.

"I don't think he'd miss one of his girlfriends too much," Luke winked, suggesting in his own way (and hoping, too) that they'd encounter a doe to hunt. They were a much safer bet than a buck with a sizeable rack to swing upon them.