Great Bear Wilderness and his mouth tastes like

hey wait!

the sound of a voice calling across the distance between them causes newt's steps to falter; muscles pulling taunt. he almost doesn't want to stop, afraid that it is one of his siblings or someone from easthollow sent to follow him. he didn't want to be convinced to return home ...at least not until he figured out what home was supposed to be. where he figured out who he was supposed to be. all he knows is that those two things could not be at odds.

his steps have already stilled, though. slowly, newt turns to face the other male that called out to him; likely around the same age. draped in a dark with a lighter grey undercarriage pelage and pale yellow eyes that remind newt of a dulled dandelion. there also appears to be a patch of missing fur on his head but newt doesn't deign to stare.