Phantom Hollow You never know the top till you get too low

It occurred to her late that what she was saying might not even be understandable to the wolf. It was obvious she didn't speak his first language and that her words were a challenge for him to speak, which meant even processing what she said was likely to be a problem. He seemed to concentrate on her statements, to give it good thought, before answering, and still somehow managed to comprehend her.

A little was better than nothing, and despite Orgin's disquiet regarding his answers Mitanni smiled a little again. "We should hunt sometime," she concluded with a nod of her head, certain that if they managed to set aside language and simply learn from each other's hunting habits that they could bypass the language barrier and work together.

But for the moment, as she recalled, she'd interrupted something. "Were you patrolling?" Mitanni questioned, shifting her weight again to accommodate her healing leg.