Be the spotlight on the lonley stage

So it was decided to let Nature take it's course. Over time, the corpse would decompose and be forgotten, almost as though it had never existed. This creature, like him, had hopes, memories, fears, dreams, and now, it was just gone. Kind of made him wonder what the point of it all was.

One day, he too would meet his end and his body would be reclaimed by the Earth. All he could do was hope that when it came, it would be as quick as the death he'd given this trespasser. He remembered his grandmother in her final days, how she'd slowly wasted away to nothing as he helplessly watched. At the end, she was so far gone that she'd forgotten her own beloved grandson's name.

Deep in reflection, Koda almost didn't hear what Osprey said to him. "Yeah, I went up to Duskfire Glacier for a couple days. I know someone up there," he replied. It didn't surprise him that Osprey knew of his absence. News traveled fast through the tightly-knit wolf pack. He wondered what else Osprey might have heard about him.

"It's beautiful up north, in the mountains," he went on. "You do quite a bit of traveling too, don't you?" He questioned, remembering Osprey's own absences. "Have you ever been up that way?"