Raven's Watch from the ashes

All welcome! Light rain, 7°C, afternoon. Maksim's two injuries are still healing and he has a visible limp.

Maksim was purposefully keeping some distance from Kintla Flatlands. Following on from his run in with the wolves of Kaistleoki, the large tundra wolf had hung around the lower slopes if the mountain which overlooked their river-based territory. He felt safer with them down there and him skulking the cliffs higher up, able to look down on their activity from above live a raven circling overhead. 

Recently though, Maksim had abandoned his protected perch in the mountains in search of water. He found a large lake, with a river running off it, tucked away on the opposite side of Sunspire's ridge, where he now nestled himself. Slowly he stalked along the edge of the river, a slight limp in his hind legs where they had grown stiff from the hot swelling above his tail. Whilst not infected, thanks to Reiko, his injuries slowed him down. They also made it uncomfortable for him to preen himself, with the twisting and turning pulling at the freshly formed scabs in his thick fur coat.

Stopping to linger at the water's edge now, upon a flattened boulder, Maksim tested the strength of the river's current with his paw. Around him, light rain began to fall and shadowy ravens flocked over to watch him with interest, attracted by his blood stained coat and hungry-looking state, they cawed to eachother, curious to see if he would take a violent tumble into the cold frothing water.