Wheeling Gull Isle yippee-ki-yay

Seelie leapt to thoroughly investigate him, which threw Driftwood for a moment. He lifted a paw uncertainly but stood there obediently as he was given the once-over, quirking his ears worriedly down at her form as she went up and down and over his body with her nose atwitch. What was she looking for? Was there perhaps disease or other contagious problems the seawolves might inadvertently be finding themselves carrying soon that now suddenly required leaders to inspect everyone? Drift's worries surged for a moment, then subsided partway as Seelie's frantic energy calmed somewhat and she gravely shook her head at his queries. At the same time his heart sank, even as he tried to remind himself that no news might be good news in this case...hadn't he just been fretting over what condition Thresher might be found (or, horror of horrors, her body?)? So if she wasn't stranded someplace obvious she was probably up and about and seeking out other wolves and able to do for herself. He hoped.

Driftwood folded back his ears and pressed his muzzle alongside hers, trying to project warmth and reassurance. Hope, he agreed quietly, if not quite so breathily as the Aralez herself. We have to hold on to it. Thresher is counting on us to keep it alive. As if her nose had poked a button on his shoulderblade to start its motor up, Driftwood's tail offered up a brave wag. Then he perked his ears again and hastened to follow the beckoning black tail of Coelacanth in turn. Have you been holding up all right? he asked as he half-loped to catch up with her footsteps all the more quickly. And, uh, did you have someplace in mind for where we're going? Drift wasn't sure if the choice of direction was deliberate or simply happy chance, but either way he was grateful. If Aditya was going to somehow invade from the opposite side of the island then the horses would have to be the ones to stop him, or somewolf else, because Driftwood wasn't going to patrol over thattaway, that was for certain... though he'd obsessively tried to cover most all the rest of the island recently.