Whitefish River There Is so Much You Can Take

Being without Evergreen makes him anxious lately — too anxious, though he'd never admit it. He's learned the hard way that old habits die hard, finding this new spike of anxiety has led him back to chewing incessantly at his forelegs. It's still too early for the damage to really show, but already they're raw and often burning and itching. He feels guilty every time he does it, but that doesn't stop him.
In fact, he's in the middle of doing exactly that when the call reaches him. He stops abruptly, ears pinning back for a moment, then rises to answer the call. It doesn't take very long; despite his best efforts to avoid being clingy, he still lingers near Evergreen without meaning to more often than not. When he spots Ira, his heart sinks a little, but he does his best to keep it from showing as he approaches. Um, hey. What's up?