for our safety

After only a day the duo came to realize that after the bear, they were the largest predators on the island. He’d smelled evidence of a fox and a couple of lynx, but their territories didn’t even intersect. There wasn’t a whole lot of prey here, but they’d been forced to explore other options with the eruption. This place seemed mostly safe, and if he had the option of waiting out the volcano here he might have. However, Zola was as headstrong as they came and despite her injuries she was chomping at the bit to leave their safe haven.

He wasn’t sure he was so eager for her loyalty with how devoted she became the task she’d taken up for him. If she didn’t help him find his family no one could. The Klein boy wasn’t sure where she was at the moment, he was thankful she had enough faith in him to stay alive that she didn’t babysit him. His lips pulled back in amusement as he thought of her, while his ivory over pink pads carried him up the slope of the mountain. It was late dusk by the time he saw the sun again. By now he could shield himself from its rays and protect his sensitive skin.

Dual toned eyes looked out over the horizon, the thick clouds of smoke and ask still easily visible especially from his vantage on the dormant volcano. Somehow he’d washed up on one of the safer places to be in Boreas. As long as current trajectory held. The royal druid sat back on his haunches as he watched the devastation, Merlin was just beginning to become active and his graceful form reflected the tones of the setting sun.

Eliphas sighed softly to himself as he pulled his icy white tail to his paws. ”What a disaster.” Eventually he’d want to collect some of the volcanos ash for his magics. A couple of phials would certainly be enough. A sprinkle of vulcan ash into his potions? Surely such an act might enhance his work.

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