Ankyra Sound the long way round

Eljay looked around for anything to get the yucky taste off his tongue. The sand didn't look too tasty either and there were a few shells littered along the sands but Eljay didn't think it'd be too smart to lick those, either. They'd probably be equally salty if they had been laying in the strange lapping water for so long.

When a voice sounded behind him Eljay jumped up and turned around mid-jump. He landed with tail tucked and a startled expression on his face, but his body language instantly relaxed when he saw who was in front of him. Was that... ".. Wiffle?" His voice was laced with the same disbelief that she had portrayed. Somehow, the fact that she lived elsewhere in the area hadn't really become a match in Eljay's brain with the fact he might run into her while exploring said area. In Eljay's mind, he'd left home and he was out in the wild with no one he knew even remotely near.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, blinking wildly while he tried to process Wildfire's appearance here. Then her question got through to him and he felt suddenly ashamed and caught off guard. "I had to leave..." The way he spoke almost implied that he was sent out or that something really bad happened; that there was no choice even if he would've preferred it otherwise. "I just... Lagan was so great with the pups and I knew they didn't need me anymore and I was just in the way all the time and most of the time pups leave when they get older and Liffey left too so I thought that it'd be better for the pack and for mommy and daddy and for everyone if I just..." Eljay took a couple of rapid breaths after he finished speaking as he felt panic creep up on him again. He hadn't meant to pour out all of his pain to Wildfire. He rather would've heard about her life and how well she was probably doing. But it somehow had just happened.