Great Bear Wilderness at the edge of the future

I HOPE YOUR DIN DIN WAS GOOD. I wish I had some apple turnovers right now, fml. I want sugary things.

As the time passed, Mordecai alternatived between pacing and resting, trying anything to keep the inevitable barrage of thoughts away. It was a losing battle however, and when he had sought temporary refuge beneath a tree to avoid the eventual rain, they had come back to him. Once more, he considered leaving the Spine in favor of finding something better, but the season had grown too late. With autumn at their heels, he knew that if we were in any position to be taking in strays, he wouldn't have been. Even resourceful ones.

As the sun broke through the onslaught of rain, Mordecai spied Verrine heading in his direction. The younger sibling was in full on hunting mode, so for a few moments Mordecai simply watched him. And he thought back briefly to when Verrine had been much smaller. But that thought too was discarded in favor of the recognition that snapped ready in his brother's expression, one that Mordecai met with an easy smile.

“Verrine,” he said, tail waving out behind him as he rose to meet his brother. “I knew I'd find you around here eventually.” He bumped noses with his coast-dwelling sibling, this time not thinking about the Spine and what lied there. He was simply happy for the reunite, and preened at the out of place pieces of his damp coat. “How have you been?”