Emberflame Ridge I let you eat me alive

no worries, I never mind the wait ^^ Thanks for starting, I hope life has been calming down!

The naturalist left the canyon behind him.

Evening fell, the second day. Or had it been more? Did it matter? He had found what he thought he would find within the canyon - mother's scent still missing. And what more, another pack taking residence within the red sand walls. He hadn't recognized the strongest scents and remembered enough from the day Ursus invaded the Saints to know that the wolves who occupied the canyon now weren't them.

So what was he supposed to do now?

His thoughts drifted as he made his way along the lonely mountain path, thinking of family, of remedies and reactions, of how the sunset made the charred trees look like they were still on fire. Distracted, he failed to notice the hulking brute who made his way towards him and instead found himself distracted by a rather peculiar shrub.