King Elk Forest burn it up

Uka mimicked the coy expression of his playmate, though stays perfectly still as he allows the approach. I have reason to be. If vanity had been punished with as much force on earth as was in heaven, he would have been long gone. When he thought about things like that, it almost made him happy that he'd lost his faith. For a moment, he remembered his mother's warnings of the world and sins of the flesh, but Uka knew that denying himself the most essential pleasures would be more painful than the hands of ancient gods.

A pack, I think. It's, uh, it's a bit complicated. Technically he had joined, but like, in an I-just-need-a-place-to-crash sort of way. The chances of him staying for longer than necessary were slim, if any at all. You?