Jade Fern Grove he's got looks that books take pages to tell

there's a little pp but we already talked about it ooc so i'm assuming we're good, kuro

Den hunting was, on occasion, a dangerous task. The best case scenario was the one they had encountered: the den was empty. Occupational hazards included cave-ins and barging in on the current tenant, often a very angry badger or skunk. Yet luck was on their side. The new wolf activity in the forest would most likely have scared off any fauna that might have made its home there, but smaller predators were cantankerous things, and often stubborn.

He heard more than saw Xan follow him in, but only dimly paid attention to his progress through the soon-to-be den. Excellent observation, Sriracha teased. It was only a moment after that he yawned, still walking. He ran into Xan, and providence would have it that they were perfectly arranged so that Xan's muzzle got stuffed into Sriracha's mouth. His eyes went wide as he shuffled back, looking as guilty as two kids that had been making out and then got their braces stuck together.