Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya

The sound of a distinctly canine cry echoed through the mountain peaks, bouncing beautifully off each slate cliff until the sound pinged into nothingness in the far distance. The source of the sound was close, but given the vastness of the mountain range it was difficult for Kai to tell just how close. He could relate to the sound, a wild cry of joy and abandon that mirrored his own current mood. He was free, at least, fully and truly. There would be none of Acere's little minions looking for him now that he'd paid his debt. As far as he was concerned, those days were far behind him. Kai knew now that he'd be more suspicious of others in the future, less willing to help other wolves as his younger self might've been - but more than that, he had no wish now to do anything but live his life exactly how he wanted to. He'd do what he wanted, when he wanted, and no one would tell him otherwise.

Today, mountain climbing was on the agenda. It was a crisp spring day, which for the north meant something quite different than it did for the rest of Boreas. Given the altitude, the air up here was still bitterly cold, and he felt a shiver crawl through his spine as he began his ascent up the side of the falls. He'd been here before, but that didn't make the climb any less thrilling. This wasn't a climb for the faint of heart; these cliffs were steep and unforgiving, and one wrong step could mean certain death. By the time Kai neared the top he was even colder, and his legs were quivering from the strain of the climb. At the very least he hoped he might get a good vantage point up here and search for the source of the sound, but he was pleasantly surprised to find that he was not alone up here - no, in fact he quickly grew to recognize just who it was, standing precariously at the edge of the falls.

A loud laugh fell from his parted jaws as he padded over toward her, still half-panting as he tried to catch his breath from the last stretch of the climb. "I didn't expect to find you up here," he greeted her with a wide grin. He hadn't expected anyone to be up here, to be honest, but he wasn't at all opposed to company right now, especially hers. "Strange place for a pack wolf to be," he commented conversationally, hardly making a judgement call. He'd pieced together that she was a pack wolf that belonged to Valhalla, after meeting Aurielle so long ago, and he had little reason to believe she no longer was one. "Though I don't blame you. Nothing quite beats this sight," Kai said, sighing almost dreamily as he neared her and gazed out across the falls and all the land that stretched infinitely beyond. The view really had a way of reminding him just how beautiful their world was, and that he shouldn't take a moment of it for granted.