Ouroboros Spine [Moose Herding Quest?]

HI KIDS BUTTING IN PARDON BATTERING RAM

He had been slow to answer the call, but when he stumbled upon the scene, it was safe to say that he wished he hadn't come trailing behind. The pair of wolves danced in a vicious blur and for several moments, Mordecai watched the fray as a bystander before something kicked in a response. Of all the conflicts that had occurred between Ptarmigan and the wolves of the Spine, none of them had moved to retaliate physically. There had been plenty of verbal spats between them all, and where he had hoped things would get better they quickly took a downhill swipe in the worst way.

Charging forward, disregarding the fact that the two stood the sloping recesses of the Spine, he threw himself into the pair. Head tucked low, the tawny Ostrega was in a full on attempt to use his front half as a wedge to get them to back off from one another. That was of course assuming that they would separate long enough to give him the opportunity. If not, he was on a collision course with the pair, not wanting to spare either from his blow to knock them apart. If worst came to worst and he missed, he was liable to be the one who went rolling down the slope from them, wasting time and risking injury. Whatever had pushed the pair over the edge was enough for him to know that they would not be deterred easily.