Blacktail Deer Plateau Tired are your splendid soldiers

He wasn't expecting the sudden arrival of someone new, and he certainly wasn't expecting the defensive behaviour that immediately followed them seeing one another. Burr's body hunched back on itself and his ears pressed down, but his tail, normally curled, was ramrod and level with his back and gave a few quick lashes in response to what he felt was an unwarranted threat display.

His confusion mounted when Sunny's posture morphed into a friendly and welcoming one. Burr's ears and tail popped up in response, the latter curling around to its usual resting position. "Uh," he mouthed awkwardly, frowning. It wasn't until the black-backed male mentioned his home pack that Burr remembered him at all; he'd been so young back then, and Sunny had changed almost as much as Burr had grown.

"Oh, hey," he said with a sheepish smile. "I messed up my foot. Dawn and Pema and Aditya brought me back here and I've been here ever since. Uh... I'm really sorry, I don't remember your name."