Bearclaw Valley Defiant to the end

Toad's job largely consisted of filling caches and warily patrolling borders with the dedication of an obsessed madman. Since Clay had appeared at their doorstep Toad had been high-strung; the boy's temper was cut slim and he could understand why Merrick acted the way he did. Someone always had a problem with their existence- they would stumble blindly upon borders, act like assholes, expect to be treated kindly. Bitches- and here was one of them now, he thought, as he spotted the agouti boy just a ways off of the border. Revui and Evien stood by already, Revui charging. Toad came up behind them, silent but with calculating olive eyes that bore into the foreign kid sharply. He was not welcome; the stone beast would demonstrate that.