What is this?

It had been several moons since Jed had left his family and he had headed North in his travels to find himself in the frozen lands of an early winter. Being a brute of a wolf he could push his way through the blankets of snow with relative ease and he made sure to take care while skirting the scent borders of the clans he passed. There were far too many in the immediate vicinity to his liking but he found it an interesting challenge to hide the marks left by his larger paws, having done so many times in his past so as to avoid detection.

Today would certainly be an amusing one, as he had found himself wandering through a line of trees that had probably seen much better days, and into the open prairie where he had hoped to perhaps track something for breakfast. Instead, however, golden eyes fell upon the small form several feet ahead of him and with his ears pricked forward curiously his gaze darted about as if he would see an angry mother bounding toward him at any moment. When such a thing failed to transpire he made his way forward with a little less caution, tail swishing contentedly behind.

"Pardon, little one. I couldn't help but overhear you," he called out, his voice on the deeper end with a calm tone to it. "Is this your first winter?" Why even was a pup out here alone anyway? The thought tugged at his protective sibling senses, and his bright eyes darted about once again, this time to scout out for anything dangerous nearby.