Horizon Ridge forsaken deep in the sullen tide

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He drank from the stream, the cool waters a numb refreshment to an otherwise parched mouth. It did little to sate the unease that had settled in and as he drank, the actions became more automated as an absent look settled into his gaze. He did not initially hear the approach of the other, but did take note of her stammered out exclamation of his name. That most certainly gained his attention, and swiftly.

But the wolf he looked upon did not seem familiar. Any more with as many faces as he felt he had encountered over the years, he had normally been decent at remembering them. Yet with all that had occurred in such a short span of time, he struggled to place a name with her face, let alone recall in detail where it was that they had crossed paths.

His uncertainty revealed itself rather than hide, and his ears flattened briefly at either side of his head. Mordecai's brow furrowed with it. "I'm sorry, have we met...?" He did not yet consider the possibility maybe his brains were somehow scrambled—then again, he had made it this far back towards the Keep from memory alone—but the possibility remained.