Heron Lake Plateau Alfadhirhaiti.

Ever since Wildfire had shared the news and had invited Eljay to come join her at this new pack Eljay had felt rather jumbled. Had it been Redhawk Caldera he would've said yes right away, but even still, he didn't like this plateau very much and going to a new place might be good. Besides, there were some wolves that he didn't always get along with very well and Eljay would feel more at ease knowing those wolves weren't also there. He felt terribly guilty about wishing that Towhee wouldn't come -- she was family, of course, and she was a good leader, he knew all of that, but Eljay was always afraid that she would happen upon him, appear out of nowhere whenever he was doing something clumsy... Which was a lot of the time.

Overthinking the implications of leaving this pack -- and the pack splitting up, to start with; Eljay wasn't too sure he wanted to leave Raven, either! -- Eljay stared at the water and sighed lightly. It'd all sort itself out, probably, but for now it was a stressful span of time until decisions were made and wolves split up. Eljay was totally unaware that Towhee was approaching; not until he heard something behind him and craned his neck to look around, looking straight at Towhee, who was headed his way...