Sprouting new growth- KESALI recruitment!

Alright, so maybe he'd gotten himself sick. Maybe. He wouldn't dignify the question with an answer either way. Birch was the son of many healers, and he knew how to avoid getting sick. Thus, there was no way he could have possibly spent the past few weeks sniffling and coughing in a cave to the south. Nah. That was preposterous.

Regardless, he was out and about now. Not a sniffle in sight, no roughness to his voice from all the coughing. The pinnacle of health. The world was his oyster, and he was looking to shuck that bitch. With a jovial spring in his step, he wandered from place to place without much of a plan in mind. Somewhere along the line, he'd lost Riva. Fair enough, he wasn't exactly pulling his weight in their little friendship there. Some part of him hoped he'd run into her again, and they could spend more time together. He could make it up to her, too. Find her some food, pay her back, the whole nine yards. Yeah, that sounded awesome.

Hold the phone. Was that.. ears shoved forward, the male stared off into the distance. That voice sounded very familiar. Could it really be his brother? Excitement bubbled in his chest, heart thrumming with anticipation.

Only one way to find out!

Cantering forth, the male headed straight for the central territories of Boreas. Oh man, he was so excited to see Branch again. It had been so long! He missed his big brother. He missed his whole family, really. It didn't take long for the young male to arrive on the battlefield. Brows drawn together, he took in the sight. Blood soaked ground, the stale scent of death lingering all around. There's no way Branch would pick this dump to call the family forth, right? This had to be a mistake on his part, not recognizing the voice. Better safe than sorry. He pressed onward.

Sure enough, there was his big brother. Surrounded by a small group. Hey! Aspen was here! Big sister by age, little sister by size. He lumbered towards them, a broad grin on his face and tongue lolling from the side of his maw. "Hi guys!" he called out jovially, eyes crinkling at the corners. "It's good to see you again! Long time no see, huh?" Tail wagging, he closed the distance between himself and his family. Of course, he made a point to carefully weave his way through the group assembled. Don't step on anyone, you lumbering brute. He sought to affectionately nuzzle his sister, and then his brother. If they would let him, obviously. It'd been a while. He wouldn't blame them if they didn't want him all up in their business.

Out of the corner of his eye, a flash of blue. Matching bow to the eyes. "Riva!" he bellowed in delight, forgetting almost instantly where he was and who he stood among. He'd found her already! And she wanted to follow his brother! How fantastic! "You thinking of joining the Wreckage clan, now that you've seen what kind of wonderful wolves we turn out into the world?" He was only teasing, but he was so happy to be among familiar faces again. Not to mention, he hadn't seen another wolf in weeks. He was starved for attention and affection.

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