It felt good to be out and about again. He couldn't remember the last time he had been able to travel like this, because not long after his leg had broken and he had washed up on Armada's shores, some weird sort of crystal and mushroom plague had taken over and darkness had enveloped the lands. The dwarf had taken to hiding away in the mountains away from everyone, though at least he found that the tainted prey was still safe to eat...he didn't have the mind to stay longer than he needed to at the Arnada. They had patched him up but otherwise, didn't really serve him any purpose nor did they seem interested in him. Knut hunted what he could to at least replace what he'd eaten during his stay, and replaced the healer's materials that had been used on them, but other than that, Gimli left without even so much as a word to the supposed warlord.
Sirius wasn't as hot as he thought he was, and Gimli got a downright chuckle here and there at the self-proclaimed warlord's hubris. "Warlord...what sor' of title is that! You'd think you'd see actual war from the oaf if he had a title like that, don't ye think Knut?" He exclaimed, turning to his large companion. "I can't lie, it was...underwhelming. The whole damn pack is practically nothing more than a pissing contest! A waste of space in these lands, really." The Norweigan cat turned his nose up at the thought of them, but at least they didn't have to stick around anymore. And if Sirius thought their debt wasn't repaid, he was welcome to try and find him.
While yes, they were appreciative of their help, Gimli still associated the snaggle-toothed oaf with Ashen, and Ashen was where his father and blood relatives had largely ignored him after his father disappeared. Pushing all that from his mind, his leg was good as new and now he had taken to exploring the Northlands, and the first stop would be the woods he heard about that even wolves could scale. Upon approaching, he spotted trees that seemed to tower into the heavens, and it was unlike any other trees he'd seen before. They were huge! Squirrels chattered in the branches, and birds darted up in the foliage, and as Gimli watched them, his eyes found...something that was neither bird nor squirrel. "Oi! Is tha' a wolf up in the tree!?"
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