Big Salmon Lake teach itself to start beating again.

The other girl changed her trajectory to aim towards Liffey. She tensed slightly as a familiar feeling of anxiety at speaking with a near stranger reached for her. She shook her coat to drive it away and licked her lips. She was not a kid anymore to be shy of strangers, but a grown woman to... well, power through that shyness 'cause it was definitely still there.

"Hey," Liffey said as the other wolf came nearer. Her tail waved amiably behind her as she offered a genial smile. It felt like a relief to be speaking with someone else and to put her energy towards this instead of dwelling on her misery. It was still there, nagging in the back of her mind, but it was easier to ignore now that there was something else to focus on. "I never thanked you for the other day with the wolverine," she continued, "You and the others were amazing."