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a low sound of greeting caught his ear, distracting him from his thoughts, and his head shot up to find a slim agouti female staring at him. aditya hastily altered his expression to his customary easy-going smile and took a few steps toward her. she looked familiar--he had seen her at the latest hunt perhaps. avi. . . avi-something.

"hello," he said, his voice kind, if a bit hollow from the disappointment he had been feeling. "we've met, right? at the hunt? i'm aditya," he reintroduced himself.

he noticed she looked a bit taken aback, and felt slightly ashamed. he must have come off rather poorly to this new member, pacing around and grumbling as he was doing. he hoped his true nature would shine through to her now as he smiled, golden eyes twinkling in the sunlight.