Bearclaw Valley Bear with me

omg I didn't have enough time to get new threads!!!
I seriously want Damien to meet @Arthur if you don't mind, Mar! :D

They. Had. A BEAR.

The one thing, besides meeting Kove again, that had made Damien the most excited about coming to Bearclaw Valley was meeting their bear. And he hadn't. It was almost time to go back home, and Damien hadn't even seen the damn thing once. Never. Cero.

How boring was this place?

The only thing he could think of to see if he could find the beast at least once was traveling to the center of the valley, right in Bearclaw Island, in hope that its name wasn't only because it had the shape of a bear's claw. Probably not his best idea.

He crossed the forest all the way to the river, and there he followed it downstream until he found the island. It was easy for a while, the outer ends of the river were shallow, stone-y shores that didn't put much resistance, but then it started to get deeper. And deeper. Until the pup was swiming his way through the rushing water. Shit. He didn't know how to swim.

His oversized paws paddled hard as he tried to keep his head above the water. It was hard, but it wasn't impossible. Not for Damien. And he made it safely enough to the other side. Soaked but breathing. He shook his pelt when his last paw was out of the water, and with his spike-like hair, still pretty wet, he ventured inside the Bearclaw Island in search for... Well. A bear.