Phoenix Maplewood look around, leaves are brown

Murdock wasted no time - as soon as the deer was down between them, he darted toward his brother, tail wagging eagerly. Vaguely, he took note of the formal greeting that'd been offered. It seemed stupid to answer with words when he'd much rather start a fight.

Throwing his body toward the younger wolf, Murdock did his best to tackle his fellow northerner. He'd been away from family for some time as well, although Stephie was doing a pretty good job of making him feel at home. Still, she was several months too small to wrestle with, and Mur had some affectionate aggression to work out of his system.