Ouroboros Spine Fox-squirrels!

Hope it's OK if I join it. I'll tag @Mara here too, so she sees it. :3

Another round at the borders had turned up much of nothing for Mordecai. But he wasn't disheartened by the lack of curious faces, either. They had been lucky to recruit what they had, and so far most of them had stayed. There would always be those exceptions to the rule though, even if he could not entirely fathom why some wolves would gamble with the oncoming winter. Maybe it wouldn't have been as bad as he thought it would be, and maybe it would be mild and tame, plentiful in all things that they needed. But he wouldn't hold his breath.

Crossing over a small hill through a thin patch of forest, he distinct caught wind of another wolf. If the crunch of the leaves beneath the rush of wind meant anything, he knew that they weren't too far off, and he set his attention on them. A bit more of a trek brought them into his sight, as the grey hairs stuck out against the depth and range of the autumn foliage. There was something familiar about the way they smelled, though he couldn't have placed way, and in turn Mordecai bristled uncomfortably. He barked at them, most of all to gain their attention, but also as a means of stopping them and hopefully finding out what they were doing at their proverbial front door.