Great Bear Wilderness Summer loving and fights, how it is for us

This is future-dated a day or two. :o

So far, no one from the caldera had come looking for him, Fox included. He supposed that Somnia had relayed his message and that everyone was simply giving him his space. Although this was presumably exactly what he wanted, it nonetheless bothered him that no one had come out here to find and talk to him. It didn't occur to him that most wouldn't even notice such a short absence, much less send out search parties.

Presently, he lay beside a faraway stream, his chin on his paws. He daydreamed of his pups. Only by forcing himself to focus on them could he avoid delving into angry thoughts directed at Fox and Magpie. Despite all their jokes, he knew there would only be two to five pups in there. Maybe they would only have one. Then who would name it? Surely Fox would take that honor, he thought sullenly.

"Stop it," he muttered to himself when he realized his mind was veering off track. "Think of what they must look like right now," he coached himself. He pictured their tiny, squished faces. The thought only made him sad when he remembered that he was so far away from them right now.