Firefly Glen innaktuk (3)

From the edge of Neverwinter Forest Kigipigak could see the immense mountain rising on the horizon, dominating the view. As he moved away from one border he found another—well marked and so close to the forest that he was, at first, confused. Had he somehow tread over those invisible lines and delved in to an extension of the claim? It smelled of many bodies here; young like him, others even younger.

Kigipigak stopped and prowled across the grassland, following the hill and seeking more scents. They were very thick as he delved further, and so he stopped and sank back a few feet; he paced, thoughtful, considering going back the way he had come and then returning to the Watch.

A sound among the trees gave him reason to pause. Kigipigak stopped pacing and looked attentively to the dark twists of the trees with a tilt of his head, listening, alert—concerned he may have followed the wrong path.