Blacktail Deer Plateau he ain't heavy

sorry for the wait on this! i'm gonna fade with this post

Ah, the dreaded question. How are you? What about you? What have you been up to? Involuntarily, Shale shook his head, throwing off the question. It took him a moment to find words, to reassure his brother he wasn't just being rude.

"Not much of anything," he said coolly, breaking the momentary silence. "Just wandering here and there."

He hoped Grayday would not pursue the topic. Knowing his littermate, Shale thought he would not, and his heart grew a little lighter at the thought.

His nose dipped toward the horizon, an black line against the inky dark of night. "It's a beautiful land, this place," he said, looking back at his brother. "I'm glad to be here." With you, his eyes added. He was, truly, glad. At last.