Ankyra Sound A long way from home

Cerne was not quite certain what to think of the male — had the sea knocked him silly, or was it exhaustion? Frowning, he motioned north to the cliffs, saying, "A pack lives just there, on the cliffs. My own group lies far to the east of here, in the taiga." There were others, but none so close, and he didn't dare direct the stranger towards the rise.