Emberflame Ridge Every face, every song.

I realize now that its emberflame ridge, not emberwood. You can assume Rye cut up north once he hit mount apikuni.

He wanted out. Out of the den, out of the heat zone, out of the territory. As far away from the impending swamp land that was to become the glacier due to the sheer amount of excess body warmth following the breeding season. He couldn't ignore the lie that it wasn't getting to him either. The man felt dirty, adulterous even for subtly enjoying the new scents blanketing the glacier. Rye knew it was nature but he craved Imaq, no other woman was going to take her place, perhaps now was the appropriate time to slip away to search for them once again. Sure that his alphas would be too occupied with courting to notice his absence, Rye didn't mention to anyone of his intentions to leave, not even @Lane. Packing what little supplies he managed to preserve over the winter into his medkit, Rye parted from the glacier; an anxious knot settling into his gut.
He headed south west, past the Qeya river, across the Phoenix Maplewoods and finally into the swamp. Admittedly, that was a mistake. The first few steps into the wetlands of Otatso covered Ryes paws in a frozen mud, he shivered from the abrupt shock of it, his skin pricking into goosebumps; but stubbornly he carried on. Eventually the man found himself in a rhythm of dodging and weaving, bits of the wetland was frozen and sturdy enough to walk on, all it took was a sharp eye.
Finally, after an embarrassingly long time, Rye made it past the wetlands and woods, that's when he saw a familiar orange. She was a pleasant sight, the man found the corners of his mouth tugging themselves towards his ears. Rye shook out his fur and rubbed himself against a tree to remove the dirt, for a moment he was confused, unsure why he put that much effort into seeing an old friend. However, just like the dirt, he shook the thought away and called to her, a few times actually before remembering she was deaf. He rolled his eyes at himself and hustled towards her line of sight. "Uh, hey." He started rather awkwardly once he got close enough.