Just the boys

The other wolf looked up at him with an easy grin as Maverick came up to the edge of the glowing pool, gazing down in the faintly rippling waters and watching the way his reflection shifted and distorted. Maverick didn't exactly know much about algae or how they worked; his interests were far more physical, like fighting and exploring. The glow remained a mystery to him as well as its machinations, but it was pretty all the same. The stranger confirmed that he was indeed new to the pack. Well that explained why he still smelled so fresh. The wolf introduced himself as Remus and Maverick replied by lifting a paw to his own chest with a casual smirk on his lips. "Maverick. Nice to meet you too, Remus."

With their introductions done and neither party strangers any longer, the idle chitchat could begin proper. Remus explained how he was trying to get to know the land a bit better since he'd moved into the pack. Maverick breathed a sigh and nodded in understanding; yeah, he could empathize with the young brute. "Yeeeah, Ashen's got a lotta islands to learn, not to mention just how big Boreas is in general," he said assent. When Remus began to speak of the pallid trees of the shrine, Mav chuckled and nodded again, teal eyes slowly gazing around between their tall white trunks and interlocked branches. "Yeah, they're definitely unique. It's actually what brought me here in the first place was how weird it all looked." The man laughed as he remembered back to the day he'd met Venom and how she'd chased him through these very woods. "Well, that, and I was being chased by the Empress through these trees too."

"Maverick"