Great Bear Wilderness South tree

She invited him to come see the sound sometime. Although she promised uniqueness, it neither interested nor intrigued Peregrine. He was a homebody. He didn't have time for strangers or strange places. This entire encounter was exactly why he didn't waste his time on such things. He was already thinking of excusing himself.

"I'm sure it's wonderful. And I'm sure you do," he added in response to her latter remark. "Well, since you're spoken for and all, I'll leave you to it. I know it's going to be a long walk back to the coast." He wondered why she was so far away, yet he wasn't invested enough to actually ask. "I have some tracking to get back to anyhow."

With a dip of his head, Peregrine turned and strolled away, veering back toward the caldera. Yet he did not head home just yet. Instead, he sought another deer trail and resumed his tracking. He would avoid any other wolves he came across. He was only interested in meat now.