Oi! We gettin' hype to this!

He knew the direction they were travelling and for a moment he faltered in his steps. He hadn’t been home in a loooong time, and if they happened to pass by the plains or the moor and find them gone… then what? But their steps stopped short of the place of his birth and that would remain a question to be asked another day.

The dunes were hot and shifting but at least they had a water source. Perhaps he had leapt in a little too quickly with the way the hot sun beat down on his dark coat, but the tusked man wasn’t one to think much before agreeing to do anything, so he would see this through. Arvid nudged his leg aside to use the taller wolf as a source of shade and the boy grinned, yeah, shade was what they needed and there was some down there by the water. He wondered if the banks of the oasis would be muddy enough to wallow in?

When Celeste called, he gave a short howl of his own before making his way to the waters edge. Arvid didn’t wait before barrelling into the water, splashing Arne in the process. Well, it was enough to take the edge off.

"speech".