*has no idea where this fits within the timeline but who cares* ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
for some reason, saarthal was craving fish. she had no idea why, but she had learnt long ago not to question why such cravings occured, but rather to sate them as soon as possible. which was why, an hour or two later, the roman found herself nearing the edge of a river, or lake, or some form of water. any form of water was good right now, unless it was a puddle — for some reason, saarthal doubted that fishes lived in puddles...they were too small and dried up too quickly and then the fish would die and oh, my god. if fish live in puddles, and the puddles dried up, then would i get dried fish?? what does dried fish even taste like? i feel like —
the sound of laughter broke her thoughts and saarthal's paws slowed to a stop. quietly, she peered around the tree to assess the 'danger'. her nose told her it was a female, and young, and a loner. all nice so far. well, it didn't appear dangerous, and the girl seemed harmless — she was playing and jumping around in the water like a baby pup after all...cute, she's cute.
"hey, how's the water?" saarthal called out, a lopsided smile adorning her face as she trotted over to greet the other girl. her cravings for fish could be ignored for now, she supposed.
"really?" saarthal beamed and peered into water, then canted her head and took several steps back. "i'm gonna dive in," she informed the cutie, making sure she wasn't too close to the other girl — saarthal didn't want to accidentally kick the cutie in the face whilst hurling herself into the water. unfortunately, she'd forgotten to take in account her own clumsiness whilst readying herself to jump and instead of gracefully sliding into the water like she'd wanted to, saarthal tripped over a rock jutting out from the ground — "oh, shit-" — and faceplanted into the lake instead, sending splashes of water everywhere.
oh, my god i'm drowning get me the fuck out fuck i'm never doing this again — saarthal gasped for air as she broke through the surface and shook herself, looking very much like a drowned rat. "i'm so sorry, i was going to gracefully, y'know, i just - are you okay? i didn't accidentally kick you or -?" she broke off, coughing and sneezing. well, this wasn't going to way she'd wanted it to.
"most people say it's 'exotic' and 'like royalty'," saarthal said with a soft laugh, "badass is good. we can be badass together!" the roman beamed, copper eyes glittering with some sort of childish delight that most wolves would've had lost when they went past the age of 6 months, but one that saarthal had retained.
max was cute. max was cute when she blushed like that. god, flirting was exhilarting. "no, i'm n — saarthal cut herself out, eyes flickering to look at the sky for a brief moment as if recalling a memory, "i am, actually. it's not really special? i guess? but i met up with a couple of girls over the mountains, but broke off to explore for a bit. i should head back soon though...do you wanna come with? it'll be fun. they're really nice." saarthal swam closer then, adopting puppy dog eyes, lower lip sticking slightly out in a pout. "and i wanna spend more time with this cutie i just met."