Frostfire Ridge and those of you who are downtrodden

Veteran had let himself relax, basking in the unusual warmth emanating from the boulder beneath him. He nearly jumped out of his skin when his father addressed him.

When he turned to face the full brunt of his father's disapproval, he visibly crumpled. 

"I didn't know..?" he tried out the lie tentatively, letting it hang in the air for a minute. It sounded wrong, felt wrong. His dad was going to see right through. 

He hurried to speak again. "Well it should be our territory. We should mark it! Right now!" Maybe the distraction would work better than the attempted lie. Veteran turned over his shoulder hopefully, already beginning to walk off.