Shadow Mountain i was lucid and conscious

He heard her and turned finally, regarding her perhaps as cooly as she did him. And as expected, he was keen on guarding his quarry, though by that point she knew it was buried well. But the smell still hung in the air between them, and a twitch of her nose could only betray what she was truly after.

His single query hung in the air as she left the incline of the basin for more even ground, daring to draw closer to him. He was thoroughly covered in pitch from head to toe; nothing at all differentiated him from others that had come and gone through their ranks. She did not answer his question as her feet came to a stop, but instead continued her investigation from afar. Partially because she did hold the intrigue about him and why he smelled so strongly of Nanuk, and partially because she wondered just how annoying her silent presence would be while he had control of his quarry.