Hushed Willows reaching up to the maze of light in the sky

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wild-furred and sharp-eyed, her gaze skipped over the girl who could surely not be far from her own age. her inkiness reminded her then of seelie, but the stranger was wolf through and through. she was almost surprised when the stranger spoke; her words wielded deftly and without hesitation, doubt. the latter words reminded her sharply of kieran, yet she hardly dwelled on them when the woman was so blunt and so interesting. 

"I've lost a great deal." hawkish gaze traced the woman, finding there confidence (surely she wouldn't be so bold, otherwise) "and done things I regret." the wildness of the stranger's fur was reminiscent of her own, dense, unruly, and wholly unsuited for the Teekon's summers. "you're curious. why?" she echoed the woman's own line of question, to a degree, easing quickly into her preferred bluntness.