Broken Boulder he will stand before the throne

the pallid woman who keeps pace with him well enough and seemingly without struggle — much to his surprise — throughout their patrol never breaks the silence that engulfs them. this does not bother the firebrand though he does find it ...curious. from what he has seen thus far in the wilds most are willing to break the silence whether they find it uncomfortable or they are used to communicating with words. words have always been a necessary evil to vilkas — there are times when verbalizing is unavoidable but their time passes without it and eventually, for whatever reason beguiles her, she departs with a small noise, just as much a stranger to vilkas as she'd been when she first took it upon herself to join him.

he deliberates as he wraps up his patrol with a lift of his leg, and a small, staling area. eventually, heads deeper into the sanctuary with the intent of scrounging up something to eat to quiet the hunger that rumbles insistently in his stomach.