Redhawk Caldera Keep your head up

Elwood was pleased to learn that Somnia was another newcomer to the Caldera. The pack was small in numbers, according to Peregrine, but it seemed that they were growing day by day. Though they did not need to have a large amount of wolves to survive the winter, it would be better to have more able bodies helping to provide food and shelter for everyone.

She then asked if he had discovered anything particularly interesting about the territory, to which he shook his head gently by way of response. "Not really. I haven't been up to the top of the volcano yet," he said, gesturing with his snout towards his injured hindquarters. "Had a little run in with a cougar, which makes climbing a little difficult," he explained. Then, as though he had read her mind -- which he hadn't, of course, but seeing as they were both new, it was inevitable that they would be thinking some of the same things -- he said, "I've been kind of keeping an eye out for a good den spot, but haven't found anything just yet."