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Ronan · 4 years (01.12.21)

skill — scout 1/5 [Image: ranger_scout.png]

sorry for the wait !!

the river cut through the valley like a scar, slow and silver beneath the morning fog. ronan followed along its edge, paws sinking into the wet earth, the scent of pine and damp rock thick in the air. the cold bit through his coat, but he didn’t mind it—it kept him awake, kept him sharp.

that’s when he saw them. a figure by the water’s edge, crouched over something—maybe washing, maybe drinking. too far to tell. at least until a hacking cough cut through the silence. the stranger coughed and coughed, sounding much like his father in his final days. a deep cough, one pulled from deep in the lungs. ronan let out a soft bark to announce his presence before taking some steps closer. “don’t move too fast,” he called, voice low but carrying over the water. “ain’t lookin’ for trouble.”

ronan took a step closer, careful on the slick stones. the river wasn’t much of a danger in the early morning, but he knew how quickly conditions can change out here. his time in big sky taught him that nature lived on a thin line between calm and chaos, and one small gust could alter it all.

a pause. “you alone out here?” he asked, though it seemed obvious considering they were the only other one out here. but ronan knew better than to assume they were alone and defenseless.

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