Bearclaw Valley it's whatever you say it is

forward dated to around the 20th. @Merrick and any other ursus people are welcome

Getting back to the Valley took a better part of the week. The smell of Ursus and its bears grows stronger and stronger until it fills all the holes in his skull. He breathes like a smoker: long and slow in, long and slow out.
We're just outside, he murmurs, turning back to Ico. The ferns and brambles, crushed underfoot, lead to a coniferous forest full of rocks and boulders. Beyond the forest, and just visible from here, the land opens up dramatically to reveal the valley. Like god's footprint. Where all the characters are. If Ico wanted to do his research on the failures and successes of wolf nature and nurture, this was the place.
The effort of not beaming with excitement is like trying to unpop a balloon.