Svala was pleased to run into someone else who was exploring. So many wolves these days were busy going from one task to another and it seemed only a few were interested in taking in the world around them. A squirrel scurried up a nearby tree, leaping from one branch to another as Svala padded over to the tree it had run up in order to scratch in another marker with her claws. As lovely as the meadow was she planned to cut across it and work her way back toward the land bridge and into Boreas. The wind picked up a bit and she hoped it would clear some of the clouds from the sky and allow the sun to shine through at its brightest. She was getting ready to make a comment on the weather to Jynn when she noticed the woman staring at something intently, her giant ears fixed forward.
Svala looked and felt her blood run cold. It was a bear! It looked up at them and charged. Jynn yelled at her to run and she instinctively dove through the trees, seeking shelter amongst an elderberry bush.
