Fun came with risk now, however. While he'd been sure to avoid the subject as best he could with @Avella, he knew what lines could be crossed that would not just damage the Ridge, but their relationship as well. Therefor this year felt far more like a tightrope walk. Still, it hadn't kept him from starting to flirt openly and unabashedly with the others he'd grown to favor in the pack, @Moore and @Queenie included along with Hagar, as well as wandering outside of the territory in search of strangers. Only Ella and Punkin' were spared his antics, the younger girl like a second sister in his eyes.
His paws took him west now in this moment, away from the familiar markers of the Ridge and into the open where it would be possible to come across anyone. It didn't have to be difficult to have a little play without any tethers... right?