Moonspear by night was a pale green

@Sialuk !! <3

Scattered still was his family, and Slaney himself now had little place with any of them. Eshe was well, at least, and although her pack hadn't exactly been his biggest fan, he was glad to have seen her face again.
Because now, chances are he wasn't going to for many moons. If ever again.
Alone, he made the journey back across the mountain range and into the flatplains; stopping, at most, for half a day when his stomach roared or his muscles could take no more. The fur on his back grew tattered and oily, and he spoke to no passersby.
His journey was one to be made in solitude.
And at last, amidst his survey of the land from wild lakes to swaths of spruce and mountains that held snow even in mid summer, a pungent border mark catches his interest. One just at the edge of a rather imposing stretch of mountain; picturesque, admittedly, and intimidating but inviting all the same. His blood runs hot.
He stands leaning against an evergreen as his call of curiosity is sent out for anyone who might listen.