Great Bear Wilderness silence of siberia

Set in NWF.

She stuck close to the plateau for a few days, though it wasn't long before Osprey Jr. set out again, keen to explore. At first, she'd done this simply in the hopes of earning another apprenticeship. Now, she went out due to genuine curiosity and a growing sense of wanderlust. She enjoyed coming home to the plateau each night, yet she felt the unknown calling out to her. The wilderness beckoned her to roam.

Today, she bypassed the hot springs and ventured into the forest on the other side. These woods were not unlike the ones at home, though there were many more evergreen trees here than found on the plateau. They lent the quiet air a spicy scent that made Junior think of winter, even though she'd never experienced the season herself. The scent spoke to her instincts, stirring a knowledge passed down to her by thousands of generations of ancestors who'd toiled through the cold seasons to discover spring on the other side.

Junior came to a thick growth of yews laden with juicy red berries. She nosed them, yet that same instinctual knowledge warned her from tasting them, for they could be toxic. Nonetheless, she found herself bumping several of the clusters off their branches and using her black forepaws to shuffle them together in a pile. Perhaps if she figured out a way to transport them back home, her aunt could find some medicinal use for them.