Emberwood Walking and the sky keeps falling down

They had travelled almost non-stop for days. Most of the discomfort didn't come from weary paws or aching muscles, however. The problem was that neither of them could sleep. @Takiyok had always kept a strange schedule, but it became ever more apparent when the pair tried their best to sync their insane schedules with one another.
This resulted in one positive: there were more hours in the day spent moving forward and away from Sagtannet. Now, the base of one of the smaller Sunspires met them face to face as they came to the forests of the Emberwood, unchanged from before. Taikon had chosen this route because it put distance from them and Mahler's remaining crew while also allowing them to scout what was left of the mountain packs. The last time Taikon had checked, there had been wolves staying somewhere in the Vale, but they had been reducing in number. The Saints were his key worry — there were few other groups of wolves he wanted to avoid apart from Ursus.
They would have the choice of taking a more southern route and heading closer to Ursus terrain, or they could risk cutting through or just beside the Vale. It would depend on what Taki felt safer doing.
It had been a rare moment that he was able to leave her for just a little while and hunt. In his jaws, he carried a fat, grey rabbit. She hadn't been eating very well. He hoped that this prize might tempt her just a bit. She would need her strength to cut through the mountains.