Sunbeam Lair forktail

he regarded her straightforward question with a long instant in which he considered how to respond. having come from a very large pack, stigmata had never known any reservation about telling outsiders with who and where he stayed; except, he was not there now, and with bearclaw it was vastly different. they were not an immense or warbred pack -- many of them were puppies -- so what advantage, if any, would there be in revealing anything at all about his home?

it took the hunter a only a breath to decide he wasn't afraid. "bearclaw valley," he told her, though made no indication to where this pack might be. his dim-silver eyes never left her: the hale virago, grezig. "and yourself?"

you're fine! i understand <3