Whitebark Stream I saw you on the way back

A call came for leadership, and Artyom did not hesitate to go to it. He moved swiftly through the pale trees in the direction from which it had sounded, so certain he was that this newcomer had come to deliver news of Surya's whereabouts.

"Hello?" Artyom greeted, hesitation in his voice as he detected the metallic tang of wolf blood in the air. Warm eyes swept over the stranger, whose hide was marred in places- suggestive of a recent scuffle. "What happened? Are you alright?"