Broken Antler Fen half of my heart

Eljay smiled as Tambourine mentioned meeting Wraen years ago. Eljay himself had sort of the same experience with her; having met Wraen when he was two years old, apparently, when he'd first run away from home thinking he should learn to grow up and be stronger. It seemed like it was just luck that he had stumbled upon this pack this time, though.

Where'd you grow up? Eljay asked, even though the answer was likely moot since Eljay only really knew Redhawk Caldera, the Copse, Moonspear, Drageda, Blackfeather Woods, and then a few handfuls of places that he didn't know the name of. The returned question was welcome, because it was easy enough to push to the background how he had come here — crumbled and withered and tired out of his mind, though he still felt much of that in his bones even now, as it seemed no amount of rest would make him un-tired right now — and to instead talk only of his mate.

So Eljay said with a soft smile, My mate Maia is Wraen's sister, and she's also a leader here. We want to start a family, so I decided to move here. I grew up at Redhawk Caldera myself. Eljay said it as if it made sense that anyone ever would know of Redhawk Caldera, but perhaps he had a point in this particular case, considering its proximity to Brecheliant. The odd thing was perhaps an almost six year old wolf saying he had grown up there, rather than that he had moved from there.