i'm not coming home

Although the strange blue glow across the field was strange, he didn't think he'd see his brother here. Finan wasn't exactly who he wanted to see if anyone,  but at least a pup couldn't stop him from leaving like an adult could. He probably couldn't take his brother in a fight, but at least there was a chance where one didn't exist if an adult had caught him trying to leave. He swallowed when his sibling noticed him, calling out to him immediately and asking what he was up to. He wanted to lie at first, tell him that he was just interested in the strange new things beyond their home instead of saying that he was leaving the north for good, the land he was born and raised in.

"I'm leaving." He finally said, staring into his brothers pale green eyes with his own blue ones that matched the glow from beyond. "There's nothing here now, not worth staying for anyway. Mom and dad are dead, the pack is gone, I want to see what else is out there... even if it does have a weird blue glow." He tried to sound confident, and he felt like he did pretty well despite the growing amount of fear he was feeling about doing this on his own.