The summer heat was relentless and it was enough to even keep normally dutiful scout from performing his daily routine. Garmir had mostly recovered from his two week long journey but he was still little bit malnourished and on the rugged side. Even eating was a chore in this heat.

He was laying in the shadow of large pine tree, watching the northern end of Charred Ash Draw borders for coyotes, strangers and unlikely return of @Kerberos . He could not make up his mind wether or not he was happy to see the former alpha male leave. On one hand he was (In Garmir's eyes) threat to @Treyah and her children, but in the other hand skilled fighter and valuable member to have by their side if his temper would not fail him. Loosing a male like him was a blow - he decided, and Garmir begin to think how he could add to pack's lost fighting provess in order to keep Charred Ash Draw strong and stable. The situation was not critical yet, but it must not become a trend.

His eyes wandered idly around the territory -as much he could see from his resting place. This particular spot stood little bit uphill, opening wider view to surrounding areas - even if not by much. He noticed movement and immidietly turned his gaze towards it, noting it was coming from the pack's side of the border. He recognized Nauja. "Heading for hunt.... or did Zale run off again?" -he asked, unable to think other reasons for her being here by the border.

If the girl wanted to do patrolling, Garmir wasn't going to object to it. More power to her rather. He nodded to her words in a way of approval and then turned his eyes to the borders. For a moment he was wondering if he should go with her, after all if she were to patrol in this heat, Garmir should not lay idle in the shade himself. It would look bad. The earthen male stood up onto his feet, groaning and stretching out. He was coming with her, wether she wanted or not.

"Well, I better come with you. I trust you know what you are doing but I'd feel guilty laying down here while you endure this heat." -he explained. Of course Garmir also had other reasons to come with her, mainly he wanted to talk about few things, learn little more of her.

As soon as Garmir got out of shade he remembered why he had crawled under the tree in the first place. Still, he had offered to come with her and that he was going to do. She asked him about his earlier expedition. Garmir looked at her briefly before setting his eyes on the path ahead as they set off. "What you wish to know? There is quite alot" -he replied to her. It had taken him almost hour to go through every detail with @Treyah prior. If Nauja wanted of course to hear everything, he would give her that. Nothing he had found was really secret.

The ground felt dry underneath his paws. Garmir's paw pads were covered in fine dust, and he could feel heat radiating back from the ground at him. If they were making patrol, they should propably make it towards the river. He at least felt like he needed to cool down and hydrate proper.

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"Yeah, it would." -He agreed. Having born in further north he had never really got used to this hot summers. As the two followed treeline, Garmir lifted his leg to place another marker. She had asked him why had he left in a first place and it told him she was not aware of Triell perhaps and his disappearance. Was she? He looked at her beofre answering. "I was looking for Treyah's father. That.. and also establishing contacts with packs beyond the mountains. There were coyotes too to look out for. They are more spread than I first thought"

He held a pause in case she wanted specific details on some of the points he gave her. So far he had only told Treyah and Draven exact locations of each of the packs he had found, but he was planning to later let others know as well. One question did come up to him as he looked at her. What role was she to play in the Draw? Once Zale was adult old enough of course. Perhaps if she was interested, she could become scout too - least she seemed keen on learning. "May I ask.. something about you?"

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If Garmir regretted anything it was not getting to know of @Triell before he disappeared. Now it was too late and every day lord father of Treyah remained absent, his return seemed less likely. He wasn't sure anymore if Treyah herself held any kind of hope of ever seeing him again. "I have only seen him.."

If anything was to come out of contacts Garmir formed remained to be seen in future. However, he wanted to make sure his leaders, especially Treyah was as aware of everything around her, including other packs and it was up to her to decide how she chose to use information he brought to her. Garmir knew well enough he was no advisor or diplomat and thus he could make little to no agreements with other packs on his own. It might be the packs need to band together soon to deal with the coyotes as their numbers were certainly not decreasing. "It is unusual. They are surprisingly coordinated too. I was ambushed by group during my journey."

speaking of coyotes, Garmir could detect faintest of scent marks of those verming skimming the borders as they continued their patrol. Thus far the markers had kept them away, this one seemingly lone scout - but it served to remind him that they were close and waiting. He marked over the scent, kicking his hind legs against the ground to spread his own scent wider before returning to the topic he had started.

"Have you held any roles in a pack before? If you were to have one what would it be?" -He asked, curious about Nauja's possible skill set. Garmir liked to know what each and every pack member was capable of, what their strenghts and weaknesses were as to adjust his own efforts accordingly. He was also in need of another pair of eyes to work with him or in his stead when he was further away from the pack.

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