The female had some free time on her hands and she wanted to take the time to explore this territory even though not much has changed.
Everywhere she looked it brought back memories from when she was a pup both good and bad and as she walked she found herself back where her whole world changed.
She sniffed the ground and breathed in the scent of the land, it had changed, she had changed and it brought a smile to her muzzle.
@Tuft
Tuft was still quite warry of the newcomers. Since Reverie had seemed to trust them, Tuft grew calmer in their presence, but was still apprehensive due to the recent attack with the lone wolf and Reina.
While checking in on one of the caches in the Cliffside Hollow, Tuft had smelled a new scent. Following it, Tuft was lead down the river to one of the newcomers. Tuft lowered his head and ears to focus in on this new wolf. From what he could smell, she was a female, around his age, and was truly a sight to see.
Moonlight shone down on her milky white fur, making it appear almost glowing from the light. Like him, she had golden amber eyes. She seemed to also be taking in the scents of the woods, almost like she had been here before. "Hi." Tuft said, "You must be one of the newcomers right? My name's Tuft." He talked almost as if she was under an investigation from how tense he was.
She was interrupted by a males voice and she was pulled out of her memories and she lifted her head and looked over to him before speaking. “Yes I came her with my leader to learn more for my medic trade.”
She offered a smile though the male looked to be cautious which was understandable she wasn’t from his pack and he did not know her.
Which made her then realize that she hadn’t even gave her name. She chuckled softly “I’m sorry I haven’t introduced myself. I’m Minnow I’m from Moonglow.” It felt odd to her saying that because she hadn’t said it out loud before and she enjoyed the sound of belonging somewhere again.
Looking at her smile, Tufts heart melted. They had only shown kindness and trust, and he was squandering it. "It should be me who is sorry. I've been very rude to you and your group." Tuft said. His façade disappeared as he smiled his big goofy grin back at her. "It's nice to meet you Minnow from Moonglow!"
At the mention of Minnow's study in medical trade, Tuft cocked his head to the side and asked, "So you want to be a medic? Is that someone who heals other wolves? Wait...Can you bring wolves back to life?!".
He had started off with an apology and he returned her smile with one of his own and her tail swayed in response. “It’s only natural to be wary of strangers I can understand.” She had only recently became less wary and not calm around new people.
He looked confused at first and she listened to his questions and the last one caught her off guard and she laughed slightly. “Yes I do wish to become a medic and if only I could bring wolves back to life but medics can only do so much.” If that were possible she knew who she’d bring back but it wasn’t and she pushed that thought into the back of her mind for now.
“Wow, that’s incredible!” Tuft said. “I wish I could be as dedicated to something like that. I just haven’t found the right thing nor had the time to do something like it.” He thought to himself. He thought that maybe guarding and protecting the leaders of the pack was indeed important, but just not something that a person could learn how to do.
Thinking back to her coach, Reverie, a question came to Tuft’s mind. “Minnow, could I ask you a question? As you may or may not know, Reverie is with child. Now I’m no medical wolf, but you should still be eating frequently even when you're pregnant right? I’ve offered to give her some game from the caches, but every time that I do, she’s declined. Do you think you could look at her and make sure that she is alright?”
Now the woman wasn’t a skilled healer yet and she knew almost nothing of pregnancy but the man seemed concerned and she wanted to help in anyway that she could. “Now I don’t know much but you are right. I have heard of some women get food aversions cause certain things make them nauseous.” She relayed any knowledge that she could. “I could have Kukutux take a look definitely if she hasn’t already.” She offered him a soft smile of reassurance.
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Thanks, that will be very much appreciated." Tuft said.
Trying to change the subject to something more exciting, Tuft asked Minnow "
Hey, do you want to do something crazy? Reverie was telling me about these caves in the Sunspire Mountains. I think she said that the entrance was called "Dogtooth Cavern". You wanna go check it out?". Tuft looked like a puppy as he excitedly shook his tail, shaking his hindquarters in the process.
He offered her an adventure and the young man plan thought of what she promised her brother but she’d be with someone. Surely it would be okay.
She nodded her head. “Sure that sounds fun to see.” She would follow his lead.