He loped slowly across the northern end of the valley, skirting the tall grasses before bearing south again. He paused with the path that would lead to Taviora on his right, two toned eyes flashing that direction by a moment. He still had time to kill before the hunt began and the mountains of Spirane had called to him since he and his sister had waited at their base. He might have made it here sooner had Sleekwing met them here at the joining of these boards instead of Coza, yet it was the white and black alpha who had spotted them and taken them in to the forest to prepare for the hunt. Only now that he was returning from a jaunt in the fields did her find the opportunity to walk amongst those towering peaks.

With a shake of his head at some inner decision he headed further south until he reached the clearly marked barrier that indicated the beginning of the pack lands. He paused briefly, wondering if perhaps he should wait until someone came to grant him access. Whining slightly he decided against it, that could take forever and he simply didn’t possess the patience to wait. Instead with a decisive bark he leapt the boundary and found himself quickly rising amongst the rocks.

Shakily he jumped from one large rock to another, making his way slowly deeper in to the mountains and climbing in altitude. It was going fairly well and he progressed, albeit at something marginally better than a turtles pace, over a crag until he lost his footing. He slid down the inward side of the rock, kicking up smaller pebbles and stones on his way until he landed with a resounding thud at the bottom of a shallow ravine. Giving a hard shake he dislodged the dust and rubble that layered his dark coat. He reached up a rear leg to scratch at the white side of his face for a moment before taking in his situation. He let out a sharp bark for the hell of it and to see if perhaps anyone was nearby. Much to his surprise it reverberated off of the solid walls and back to him. For a moment he forgot his fall and the dull pain in his shoulder and set about barking and howling lightly just for the joy of hearing it bounce around him.