A bit of exploration

Arcturus always loved whenever he got to leave the pack lands, especially whenever he got to go even further beyond to places that he couldn't spy from the borders. He had started sneaking out a bit more, just into the neighboring territories, but he hadn't gone far enough to see the mangrove forest that his father had planned to take him to today. Now that he was a little bigger longer trips didn't feel all that daunting - not that this was nearly as far as the prairie his mother had taken him to a while back. This was a much shorter trip, but as they walked into the water logged area full of trees with visible roots it was obvious that this would be an equally interesting trip none of the less. He had been out this way with his Uncle Indigo a long time ago, or at least what felt like a long time ago to him, when he was really little but they hadn't stayed to explore for very long. He watched as Pan climbed into one of the trees, grinning as he watched the scaled creature ascend up into the mostly bare branches. Everything was cold and kind of snowy, the streams around them slightly slushy in places.

He nodded in agreement to the warning about the cold water and being careful to avoid it. He had learned very, very quickly that getting wet was a real pain now that the thicker fur around his neck and chest was beginning to fill out so even if it wasn't so cold he probably still would have avoided the water all the same. His mane wasn't nearly as full as his uncle's yet and it was still kinda fluffy and scraggly in places, but it was certainly enough to stay wet for hours. "Well if we do see an alligator I can fight it with you!" he promised with a confident grin. He had been working diligently on his fighting and had done well in some spars already so surely an alligator wouldn't be any problem! Of course he said that without really knowing how big or dangerous an alligator could be, but that didn't stop his bravado in the slightest.

"Arcturus Fatalis"