Searching for a Cause

Patrolling took her along the moor's borders today, and she was giving some thought to taking one or two of the pups along on patrols at a time to get them accustomed to the routine. Herding along all five of them would have been more trouble than it was worth, but she could switch up which pups she took on which patrols to allow them each to have the chance. The borders had been pretty quiet lately, so she judged it would be safe enough to bring them along. It would be good for them to get some experience young, and since the pack didn't even begin training them officially until they were yearlings it would likely be that all their early training would come from her, so she would need to fit it in where she could.

Her ears tipped forward with alert curiosity when a howl reached her from not far away for the alpha. Well, if Aurielle were within the borders or close enough to hear, undoubtedly she would also make her way there, but Gwen was already nearby so she put on a burst of speed to her trot and followed the sound through the mists.

She came up to the sight of a younger wolf on his hind legs, his forepaws draped across the wall to steady him so he could see over. Gwen couldn't help but smile at the incongruously pup-like posture - she could see one of her own pups balancing against a too-large boulder just like that. Despite her amusement with it, she copied the young male's posture, rather than hop up to the top of the wall. It would put her at a dominant, slightly aggressive posture to gain that height advantage, and it wasn't what she was going for. Relaxed and friendly, she smiled at the male over the wall. "Good morning," she said to him. "My name is Gwen Adravendi. I'm Celestial's secondary alpha. What can I do for you?"