Mudminnow River and basically, i wanna know

hella late bc i slept five years but thread for @Whittaker!
@Kratos is welcome too as always <3

Avoiding nearby packs has proven more difficult than he'd anticipated, and several days of detouring has set the pair back. They don't really know where they're going yet, but the valley is too familiar for his liking. He can't stand being reminded of so much from his past constantly — so they're moving on, however slow it may be.
He's ahead of Kratos now, enough that all he sees of his mate is a speck in the distance; he'd maybe gotten a little too excited about spotting a river. He's just disappointed now. It's all muddy and gross, not fit for drinking or bathing. He snorts, a habit subconsciously picked up from his mate, and turns to go back the way he'd come.