It was a sad thing; she knew how it felt to be in a crumbling pack, to watch one by one as pack members scatter to the winds. So she knew what the Reneian Empire must have felt as their Empire had fallen. She didn’t know much about them only for what Ira had told her and now that her scent had fully assimilated with Kaistloeki, she went to check if there were any stragglers left. Possible pulled them to Kaistloeki to offer them a seat in the pack as Winter was edging ever closer. It was the least she could try to do.
Though she promised herself she wouldn’t ascend the mountains again many sunrises ago, this climb wasn’t as bad. It was a short trek and a short climb; most likely she’d be gone for the day and would return before Hati’s Flaming Eye crested the sky.
As she approached what she assumed what was left of the borders, she stopped out of habit, looked left, looked right then—wait! Aliana noticed something along the border of the Vale a distance away. Its shape familiar and her hackles bristle slightly at the sight.
Cougar.
She sneered slightly, debating on what to do at the moment; she definitely wasn't going to challenge it but she felt a slight nagging in the back of her head like there was a wrong the needed to be righted. But she didn't know what...
No need to think hard about this... Just going to turn back and warn Kaistloeki of the Cougar making a den in the Vale. She snorts and gets ready to turn away.
From a distance, she thought it was a bear. There was an immense nature to the animal, but it was not as tall and did not have the stance of one of the feared grizzly bears. When she noticed this, she lifted her head instead of lowering it. Her eyes softened. She moved closer at a walking, unthreatening pace, stopping after only a few steps because the other seemed unsure.
Hello,
Umi called out calmly. There was a very healthy distance between them. Neither could harm the other from it without super speed.
I'm Umi,
said the cat. The end of her tail flickered with curiosity and anticipation. She was hungry and rather distracted, but she rarely refused a chance to meet a new person.