Venturing back toward the border, the dark male stopped. Just within his vision was a tall female, her pelt a lovely shade of blue/grey. She was clearly knew and trying to familiarize herself. Standing back in the shadows that were casted by the trees onto the layer of snow, he watched her for a while. He watched how she moved, how she took note of each plant. Kuno was not normally the type of wolf to study another like this, but it was just something about her. It could have been the shade of her pelt, or the fact that she was new, newer than even he was.
It was a while before he eventually stepped forward, clearing his throat with a deep rumble to obtain her attention. He positioned himself so he was looking at her almost completely head on, but had her completely in his field of vision from his working eye. He expected her to cringe at the sight of his scarring and dead eye, as that is what most wolves did. They were disturbed by him, and at no fault of his own. It was just how things worked out for the large warrior. Kuno watched and waited, wondering what her reaction would be. He didn't speak up just yet, but he would, once he figured out this wolf a bit more.
Blue Willow had felt a change in the air around her, a sixth sense causing her pelt to raise slightly. It was not a harmful change or a threatening one just a change. She sniffed slightly smelling another nearby, but deciding not to speak as she did not have them in her view, they could be an alpha and want to speak before she spoke.
She turned slowly as a deep grumble of a throat clearing came to her sensitive ears. Turning her green eyes towards the noise she lowered her self slightly, out of pure respect after all she knew very well that she would be on the bottom of the totem pole here, and was expected to be treated as thus for awhile.
At first glance she noticed the scars that riddled and rode on his hide. His one eyes was cloudy and gray, a shiny orb without sight. She did not flinch nor did she stare overly long, it was not polite and truth be told she had seen much worse on many others. After all her parents had been healers, so the sight of scars did not bother her, though they made her infinitely curious.
She tilted her head slightly and with a small smile dipped her head and said quietly, "Hello there! I am Blue Willow, I'm New."
He came up to the female, looking her over. She looked like a gentle wolf, and certainly knowledgeable. He circled her once before stopping in front of her. "I'm Kuno Klug. I must admit... you are one of few who are not bothered by my scarring and eye... " He watched her face, looking for any reaction, be it to his sudden close proximity or his statement.
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Blue Willow found his face making sure to not have complete eye contact as it was not polite and she smiled softly. "Pleasure to meet you Kuno Klug, though do you mind if I just call you Kuno, your name is a bit of a mouthful as is mine. You're more than welcome to call me Blue or Willow if you prefer." she thought for a moment how to approach his comment about the scars. She did not wish to offend but she also wanted him to know that his scars did not bother her in the least.
"No your scars do not bother me, I have seen the like and much worse before. My parents are healers and i have picked up some healing from them. They do not bother me and besides it's rude to stare at another's flaws you know.
With this, he did something he rarely did. He smiled at her. It wasn't a huge smile, but it was gentle and relaxed, showing she could be the same around him. Perhaps she would be able to help him come out to the pack more, or even just relax and be himself, or at least a new self. He hoped he would have a friend in the female, that was for sure. "Might I just ask one thing? What made you separate from your parents?"
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She was still furious at the fact that others treated him so badly, but she did return his smile and tried very hard to calm down now that her ire was up on his account. She did not know the male wanted a friend in her, but she would be his friend if that was what he wanted, she wanted friends as well.
Blue Willow stopped moving for a moment and sat down as she thought about his question and how to best answer it without sounding a little callous. "I love my family and my parents. They were older when they had me and I have two other brothers besides. We have traveled all my life, our livelihood depended on it, we traded our stories and our medicine for a warm den and food. We could hunt though there were only three of us so it was rather hard to hunt large game so we just depended on other packs. I tired of that, though it was the hardest thing i've ever done I left my parents to settle into my own forever home. She blinked again and shuffled he rfeet shyly she hoped he wouldn't think she was a horrible daughter for leaving her elderly parents. She had begged them to come with her to settle down finally they refused.
He gave her a look that said they did not need to continue on the topic, instead encouraging her to tell her story of her parents. He nodded, almost sad, at how she had to live her life before coming to the Plateau. Even when living in a pack at constant war Kuno did not have to worry about not having a place to sleep or an empty stomach. Though the second part was true in winter, it was still not horrible. He stood next to her, nudging her slightly with his shoulder to try and lift her spirits. "That must have been tough. Not only leaving your parents, but that life. Having to rely on others for even basic things is tough. And leaving your family, trust me, it's hard, no matter what the circumstances." He gave her another reassuring smile before moving a couple steps away.
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Blue Willow was momentarily taken aback by his nudge, not because it bothered her. But rather because he did not seem like a gentle touch kind of wolf yet his soft touch was kind enough. Perhaps he was much like her father, battle scarred and weary of violence that had a soft heart beating beneath his breast. She sighed and returned the slight nudge and then nodded. "Yes it was very hard, but I want my own life, my own den I want to help wolves that will remember my name, and face those that will love me. I want my own family my own life. I begged them to come with me, but they were far to happy in their life to do so.
Another smile came, this one was once again sad, when she spoke again of how her parents refused to take on a new, and probably better, life to continue helping. "Some paths are better than others. Perhaps that was the lifestyle that best fit them. I'm sure they are happier with how they live than if they belonged to a pack. No matter how hard you tried, it probably wouldn't have changed that." It might seem unfortunate, but it was true. He tried being a loner, and it just was not for him. Although he hated the restrictions of a pack, it was the lifestyle that fit him best. For Blue's parents, it was the opposite.
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She frowned as she thought of his words, he was probably right. Although being a loner was all her mother had known so perhaps her mother had just not wanted to get out of her comfort zone and her father loved her mother so much he would never leave or do what she didn't want. "Yes you're probably right. I think a lot of it had to do with the simple fact that my mother has always been a loner a healer, and my father he loves her so much, i don't think he would ever do anything she didn't want to or leave her. And perhaps just perhaps he had enough pack life when he was younger. She licked her lips as she saw the other male listening to her.