Emberwood Searching seering.

Tags for reference/assumption he took the boys out. Feel free to join in or just cameo/or whatever works for you... don't want to overload anyone's threadlog. <3

He had taken the two boys today—had wanted to take Mae, but she had been reluctant to come with him—despondent in his presence.

He needed a distraction—and so before the morning light truly fell upon the land, he nudged @Nicodem and @Jakub awake. “We’re learning to track today,” he told them, and before they could argue or question, he swept out of the family den and began to lead them to the borders.

Summer warmth clung to the air—the starting coo of morning doves is what greeted them with the sun. He nosed at the ground, every so often, and his eyes traced over the two boys, every so often asking them what they scented—and testing them to see if they knew how to follow it.

Later in the morning, they had passed the borders and found themselves within the shade of the emberwood. There, beneath a tree, rest one of Ash Paw’s pups. It was impossible to misplace the pattern of fur. Tentatively, he would have seen if the boys could track the scent of a Riverclan wolf, but didn’t want to scare the girl—who likely shouldn’t have been so far from home.

Uttering a low ‘woof’ of greeting, the dark man paused his step a respectful distance from her, doubting she would recognize him. “Hey—one of Ash Paw’s pups? Need help getting home?”