Bearclaw Valley and to do such a thing for such a being?

He had not expected the leader to be in his den when he returned to it that afternoon, but there Merrick was, splayed out on the floor like it was the end of the world. Evien set the celandine he was holding on the ground and approached the coywolf, a smirk growing on his maw as he made to flop down onto the other boy's back. A demand for attention, and perhaps even an attempt to cheer him up.