Alain,
Cub of Prideless
Played by Naboo
Though this was not his first venture into the tundra, he questioned why he'd decided to come back. He hated the cold desperately, the chill that sunk into his flesh and cut through his coat; like long fingers that pulled apart the hairs and exposed him to the elements unabashedly. There was something here that was exciting and different to the other places, something in the way that the snow blew across the tundra and wiped away all traces of those whom had passed - and with this came the dangerous double edged sword of being a child. Sometimes losing your path meant that you were lost.

It was somewhere between his 4000 and 4500 step that he realized the pads of his paws were beginning to get seriously cold and almost burn, the feeling in them was a mixture of pain and numbness depending on where he stepped and how much crunch the snow had beneath his meager weight. Onward he ambled, pretending that this pain was nonexistent and that his reason for coming here had contained some sort of purpose. Though as he moved forward he swore that there was something he was closing in on, it wasn't until the winds died down and the flurries cleared, so that the sun beat against his back, that he noticed her.

Oh my, she didn't look particularly older, but she was gigantic compared to him. His stout and slender frame was petite against her goliath frame; even in youth she eclipsed him. "Whoa, hey." His voice rolled slightly as his surprise at coming across a monolithic beast subsided, breath hitching in his jaws as the cold began to hurt his lungs. "Whatcha doing out here?" Somehow she didn't look like she'd been wandering for the day, but he still wasn't sure what to make of her, what to do with what he had to take in; a little inward jealousy bubbled at his small stature in comparison.

@Demetra

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