Here we have! Part 0ne

Their size difference makes it easy for Wilder to follow at a comfortable pace. His skin feels tight and itchy where the stitches and scarring lace along his shoulders. Moving northward, away from Waterfall Peak, toward the entrances of the Col, Wilder gives Ollie a curt nod at the pleasantries. "I got long legs, don' need ta worry," he mentions, a toying smirk lingering on his charcoal lips as he follows the boy deeper into Armada territory. His new home.

Dirt and rock don't fade into anything easier to traverse across, but he doesn't mind. Since they appear to be going down instead of up toward the sharpening peaks toward the sky, he figures their hike will be easier than one might guess from the outside. That much would be true as the rocks begin to grow smaller and finally a smooth path leading to a large cave entrance levels out before them. A market? Wilder questions in his head as he follows Ollie past opening and into the warmly lit alleyway that opens up to a massive space where various vendors and sellers beckon out to them with their wares.

"Interestin' concept," Wilder says quietly, his vermillion eyes wide with wonder and... a tiny bit of anxiousness? He's never been this entrapped before. Not with so many wolves he doesn't know in a place he's never been before. He'll steel his nerves anyway, easily covering up the concern that bites at his thoughts. Instead, he focuses on mapping out the market in his brain, making note of major pathways and darker side alleys.

"This place ever get empty or they always 'ere?" He asks, leaning his muzzle down toward Ollie so that his tour guide can hear him over the din of the crowd.

WILDER