Bramblepoint godless and free

Tagging @Rat for visibility!

The terrible twosome was on his tail. They had followed him from the Caldera, Vlad whispering to his drooling companion whenever the wind was loud enough to mask their conversation. Make same deal vit thees menn, the yellow-eyed wolf insisted, though Rat looked like he would rather snap the wanderer's neck and eat him whole. Number Two thought this about most living things, Vlad had discovered, and liked the wretched creature all the more for it - even though his eat-first-think-later approach to life was ill suited to the 'long game' strategy that winter demanded.

Vlad instructed his sidekick to stay put (he had to snap his teeth at the other wolf a few times before the message stuck), and scuttled into view in front of Nja. "Pss!" he called, head lowered and ears alert. "Limpy menn! You hev bed leg?"