King Elk Forest it is silver and silent; it is silver and cold

aaaa hey!! excited to write with you :D

Nathaniel turned at the yip behind him, one ear cocked back. He seemed a bit unimpressed by the other, but he wasn't feeling outright hostile.

Then the ex-soldier seemed to think better of this, and his expression shifted to something that looked like he was trying to seem friendly while in the worst mood of his life. He was a bit shamed by the effort it took him just to appear nice, but figured it was too late to back out now. The pale girl before him was pretty, no doubt-- her face was kind, and that relaxed him a little bit.
Hello. He rumbled after a moment, eyeing her with curiosity.