Bearclaw Valley She's got the high score and you're coming off way too keen

The family stopped over in the meadow outside Bearclaw Valley, and Lucas wasted no time setting off on his own. He was sure it worried his mother a little when he disappeared like this, but he was no longer a fat little wolf cub with only happiness and trust in his brain. He hadn't lost any of the happiness, but he was smarter now than back then, and anyway, any wolf would be hard pressed to get his bulk going anywhere that he didn't want it to go.

Bearclaw Valley was the same as it ever was. Spring was thawing the deep snow that had been here when he visited last, and the vale seemed brighter still than that. Maybe it was just having some of his family back that made it seem so much nicer. Luc didn't think they were going to stay here long—it was kind of a bummer, for Lucas would have liked nothing more than to come back here with his family, like nothing had ever changed—but that didn't mean he couldn't make the most of it while they were nearby.

With carefree abandon, the fat wolf whooped and hollered, spinning in slow circles in the new grass, bucking like a fool, and cutting loose in a show of boyish jollity.

Would be fun to get @Laurel or @Indra for a game, or maybe @Nunataq since she's in the area!