Flycatcher Downs Let's make some new friends

Travelling with Soleon was great fun! He lacked the sort of familiarity with her that allowed Brave to be such a pain; even when she was making quite a nuissance of herself, he seemed to have endless tolerance. And she, of course, was on her best behavior — but it was surely wearing to have such an energetic companion.

She had tired herself earlier in the day trying to climb a tree to reach a bird nest. All her toil had amounted to a bruise backside, sore muscles, and a pair of robin's eggs that'd broken against the ground when the nest dropped. Journey had invited Soleon to clean up the mess, but was not above licking egg off the ground if he wasn't interested in the snack.

Now she was happy to plod alongside him, mainly allowing Soleon to navigate and look out for danger.

When he caught her attention, however, danger was the furthest thing from her mind. She looked up with a sleepy, "Huh?" to scan the horizon. "Oh, look!" she cheered when she saw where he'd been trying to direct her attention. "Hey!" she was calling only a beat later, picking up the pace a fraction to lope in the other wolf's direction.