Moonsong Glacier Might Have Heard This Wind

Heph smiled, Rodyn was a very good hunter but he was correct that a pair often completed the job more quickly. But they had always split the spoils and she had gained a friend and perhaps more as she was finding herself enjoying the company of Samani and hoping that wherever the pair settled would be a place for her to return. "A more than fair trade since it filled my belly and gained me new friends." Perhaps those things might change in the future, death and time came for all wolves, but she had some hope.

The question was not strange, but she took a moment to think, letting a few steps pass as she considered her answer. She had seen many places that might be considered beautiful, large open plains, forests with ash, that grove that Atka had shown her. But Samani had asked about places she held in her heart and she thought of two places. "Hmm the mountains to the south of us I climbed one of the higher ones all the way to the peak with a friend, and when the air grows thin and the stars come out the sky felt so close it was exhilarating. The view looking down was wonderful, but the sky like that felt different." Maybe it had just been the company, perhaps it would be unremarkable to Samani having lived close enough to climb those peaks often. But Heph had never climbed a mountain, at least not one that towered like that, before - not to the peak.

She considered their surroundings, still tracking for danger with her ears and nose as well as her eyes, picking out any landscapes she thought they might need to steer clear of but the trek was peaceful. "Far to the east when I had not made my way to these wilds I came across a stone forest where the tops of the stones were like mushrooms out of the ground. It was so strange and beautiful I thought that maybe setting off to explore was a mistake." A little bit of a laugh trailed up through the last words. But it was difficult to put into words how difficult setting out had been, leaving behind the family she had then had been something she needed to do, but she had doubted herself even as she set off and worked furiously to put more distance between them. It felt like the same world, just bigger and more lonely and harsher. Seeing something so different yet wonderful had been a reassurance that she could get a new start to her life and that it would not always be so bleak.

When Heph's talking about the far east she's talking about somewhere outside of the Teekon wilds I hope that's okay!