They had travelled through the tundra together before deciding to (temporarily) split up. To cover more ground, or whatever. Seven just saw it as an opportunity to explore without his brother and sister breathing down his neck or dragging him off somewhere else. The mountains in the distance did not look anything like the magnificent peaks their mother had described to them, which only added to the boy’s conclusion that they had gone the wrong way. He dared not tell Nicander, even though he was sure his brother already knew they had gotten their directions mixed up.
Oh well.
It was just a part of the adventure. And, maybe, if they were lucky, there would be wolves here that would know his father or uncle. Or both!
The land held a familiar air to it, as though he had been here before, but he knew he was a stranger to this place. His nose wrinkled as he maneuvered over the rolling hills, his spider-like legs moving slowly as he drank in his new surroundings. It wasn’t completely awful. Hella different than the snow-covered tundra he was used to, but not horrible. Almost liveable. If you were some bizarro feral wolf. His brows pinched in amusement but he remained silent as he continued to observe, searching for any signs of life among all the dying green…