Greatwater Lake Run boy run! This world is not made for you!

He had always wanted to visit the mountains and see what lies beyond. It was something he had always meant to do, but he had lingered beside the Forest instead. Perhaps one day he will ask Lenny to accompany him to venture there. Surely she must know, or have an inkling.

As she described the packs, he suddenly wondered if either of them were remnants of the ones who had maligned Mal. Empire? he said. He vaguely knew the word and what it implied, but it was a strange name for a pack. Most were named after the land around them, even his own.