Mudminnow River Warmer than a runaway spirit

@Onyx Saefyn Reunion time! :) <3

He was a traveller at heart always - even with the love he had developed deep within his chest for his family and his pack, the land was something he also loved. He adored the feeling of the breeze rushing against his face and the open stretches of land before him that were full of secrets for him to uncover and learn. The man had a clear map of everywhere he had explored in his mind, but it was never complete. It never would be, he supposed, but that gave him all the more reason to discover what he could with the time he had. So, with a wistful flick of his ears, he set off to explore once more.

His black-tipped paws carried him swiftly across the ground coated in snow, a dot of cream standing out amongst the white that seemed almost to glow in the early afternoon. As much as he adored the early hours of the morning, that was when he tended to work - patrolling, marking, as he always did. The afternoon was almost his only free time, though it was purely by choice that he worked as hard and as often as he did. It was his desire to protect, to ensure the safety of his home, his wife, his children and his pack.

Mawk stopped briefly by the edge of the river, large head leaning downward to take gentle sips of the icy water that chilled his throat as he drank. He lowered himself onto his haunches, then, once he had finished, and stared at his reflection. What a different wolf he had become. For now a wolf he truly was, and he was sure his father would be proud - he was much less of a dog than he had ever been, despite the curled tail hanging across his back.