Phoenix Maplewood Remembering

The borders could wait... Reek had had enough patrolling to last him for a good long while.  For the first time in what felt like ages, he let himself relax.  He let his muscles unwind as he laid beneath a maple tree in the depths of the territory, belly flat in the cold snow.  His limbs splayed in all directions, and his tongue lolled lazily out the side of his mouth.  Between his forepaws was a large branch that he chewed on periodically when he saw fit.  To say the least, Reek was living large in the hood... at least for a while.  

His contented attention was soon stolen away by the sound of a wolf trudging through the snow.  She was unfamiliar, but bore the scent of the pack. Reek immediately came to the conclusion that she was a new arrival that had been accepted by Ukko.  The ragged alpha watched for a moment as the other wolf trudged along, obviously lost in thought.  So lost, in fact, it seemed she was unaware of her surroundings.

Reek could hardly contain the laughter that ensued after the other wolf bumped headlong into a tree.  Briefly, Reek recalled a moment when Saena had done the exact same thing— perhaps it had been the same tree!  "You good friend?" he called out between heaves of laughter.  "Am I gonna have to put up a sign?"