It had been long since she came back to these lands. She had found Modesty once, but they had parted ways. She had things to do and Toxicity at the time wasn't in the place to join her. It was natural, Toxicity knew, they both had some soul searching to do. Tox had worked out who she was without the context of her family, and it had brought her closer to God. She saw now, that the way to spread his numbers was to shake them out of the pack- a blessing she didn't easily see. Out from under Venom's oppression, she could teach their ways, and they could have offspring who worshipped. Pack relations and cullings wouldn't be hush hush and taboo without her sister's mortal eyes always on them.

She had visited these springs once with Hattori when she was carrying her children. She sank into the warm waters now and let the heat ease away any tension. With God by her side, she had no fear.

Off he was again to roam a different area of what his parents called Boreas. He made sure he was a good little boy and would check in every few days or so. Couldn't let his parents wonder too much if he was still alive, right? This time, he chose to go farther east than those swampy lands where he met someone named Nami. Skirting around the pack lands that his father told him belonged to the Ashen pack, his interest was piqued when he saw the rising plumes of steam. Breaking through the trees to approach the cascading warm spring pools, he was more enveloped in investigating than noticing if anyone else was around. This place was cool! While it had a slightly stinky smell to it, he was still fascinated that water could steam like that. Approaching a pool with hasty paws and nose lowered closer to the ground, Scald nearly toppled in over the edge when he noticed a larger shadowed woman resting nearby. "Hey! What is this place?" Scald barked at the woman as he balanced on the edge of the pool, occasionally dipping a toe in the water to test the temperature. ooc. set before beach lockdown, exploring hot springs (1/3)