the things you can't have

FitzDutiful was quite a long name, and Charon quickly shortcutted it to Fitz in his mind. Maybe Dutiful was his last name, or a nickname, like "Fitz the Dutiful". Either way, Fitz was a lot shorter. Charon's eyes widened a little as FitzDutiful said he was The Alpha of Silvertip Mountain. What luck that he would meet with the leader of the pack on his very first visit here! He mentally noted to tell Thistle about the pack when he got back home.

When FitzDutiful mentioned it was nice meeting a fellow Naturalist, Charon burst with excitement. "You're a Naturalist too?!" he said, unable to contain his joy. "Cool!" And the Silvertip Alpha had intended to visit the Bay, too! What a coincidence; Charon would love to explain what he could.

When Fitz sat down, so did Charon, hastily mimicking the motions of the Alpha. It looked like FitzDutiful wanted him to start telling about the Bay's nature, though Charon didn't really know what nature was like on a mountain like Silvertip, so neither was he very sure what was different. But, well, he decided just to start somewhere: "Uhh, we have a lot of shores where you can just run into the ocean, which is pretty cool. And there's a lot of forest, oh! And a waterfall in the middle of the forest which is super cool and it's called Shield Maiden's Falls because shield maidens are female wolves who fight and stuff," well, something like that, anyway, "And we have bees and honey too." Charon inquisitively looked at FitzDutiful to see if that was enough information, if he should go on talking, or if Fitz had specific questions.