Emberflame Ridge Aftershock

"You have the entire world at your paws, Wildfire," he rumbled faintly, feeling the foreign pull of a smile on one side of his mouth. "There is an immense pleasure to be found in the life of a wanderer. I would know, having done it more than half my life, but just as I know that, I know there is also a great deal to be lost in such ceaseless movement. While I do not suspect the ocean gets lonely in al its sway, we are what we are, and while wolves may enjoy time spent abroad, it is not the environment in which we flourish." Not him, at least. He was good at it surely, but there was no pleasure in moving so much that lasting relationships could not take root. He remembered many from his journey, but not one he would lay down his life for, here and now. And Warbone yearned for such a calling. 

"I would trade the road for the honor to protect and serve those I care for most, on any day."