Posioned thoughts were nothing out of the ordinary; not in these lands were drama and tragedy lurked at every corner, consuming not only families as a whole but feasting too in the most lonesome individuals.
Ciervo had, like Sinnaq, once fallen prey to those thoughts and thought they were not as frequent they were painfully reminiscent of the utter terror that had flushed through his veins as flames of an inferno ignited her skin and bones as they extinguished her life.
While he had fortunately! not seen any of this, the vivid images produced by his mind were enough to haunt him.
The harsh cold of Winter was his only companion, that did not fail to make an appereance that morning. Even if the mangly agouti had been taking cover inside the den he had stolen from the old fox a few days ago, the small improvised shelter was not enough to shield him from the unforgiving cold that wafted inside, chilling his body and making his feet shiver.
He pulled his limbs closer to his body but again the uninvited hands of the wind reached out for him, this time running across his spine and prickling all the hair along the way.
He woke with a gruff growl -- that was Ciervo, never wasting a chance to greet the day with his radiant attitude.
Slowly he brougth himself to slither from the den, and without making any stop to even fix his tousled fur he set off, leaving quickly the base of the Heartwood and weaving his way into the forest that stood parallel to it: Neverwinter.
As he made his entrance he could not help but notice the scent of another male lingering in the atmosphere. While he did not particularly crave company and Sinaaq didn't either? he began to follow it anyways, his tail swinging carelessly as advanced. Soon his eyes fell onto the dark figure another wolf; the one he had been idly following.
He studied the man for a couple of seconds before decicing that he had nothing better to invest his time in.
With his tail held at a neutral position and his ears locked in the man's direction he gave a bark to call the man's attention onto himself.
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