Rising Sun Valley then it's getting louder and louder

It did truly surprise her that no wolf knew what she was, save Murdock; it worried her briefly to be so far from all she knew to the point where she was unrecognized for what she was. Still, she'd rather be here, in this place wild and unexplored, then spend another long day locked into the chicken wire pen. "I'm a dog - a collie." She squinted at him a moment, asking then,  "I've never seen a wolf like you." It wasn't outright a question, but he'd asked her what she was, and surely he ought to share why he looked so different.