the day had dawned softly, softer than a pup's first breath and sunrise had broken across the sky like oh so many fireflies burning like supernovas. if that hadn't been a sight to shake loose the darkness of the night- well, Sonder would never find anything else.

she'd been on the borders of a pack territory for several hours, knowing well enough not to press her boundaries and venture within- alpha's could be terrifying if newcomers were too intrepid.  but she waited, till the sun was higher in the sky and the birds were no longer muted by hush, to let out a howl. it was not threatening, nor was it affectionate- it simply was. just a way to get a message across. and so she waited, with the scents of summer and the scent of burnt wood and ash spread across the land.

it was not long before the scent of another wolf blew on the breeze, the same scent that was intertwined along the rocky border where she stood. moments later, the ghostly silhouette of a she-wolf appeared from the seemingly treacherous depths of the territory's entrance.

Sonder grinned in a little shock and amusement as she found herself facing a very similar figure to herself- with the fur of a ghost and the eyes of a wildfire. "I am sure you have already assumed I am here to join but- now you know, I am here to join. I wish to evoke no offense or aggression- I'm just trying to find a pack. I'm Sonder, from the Northern Reaches." Sonder fidgeted nervously from paw to paw, as she hoped the fae deliberated on a decision. she hadn't done this yet- requested access into a pack and it was nerve wracking, though she tried to hide it as best she could.

while the other albino seemed cautious, she hadn't outright told her bugger off yet so... that was a plus? Sonder didn't know- so she promptly forgot about it and moved onto the question being posed towards her. she hummed for a moment, a soft sound of thoughtfulness as she perused what skills she actually could bring. she'd hardly ever thought of it before now but she had skills... didn't she?

"i'm a wolf- so i can hunt and it's always to have another set of paws for food. I've got some healing experience but only enough for little things. Colds and scrapes and such... aside from that, i really don't have much to offer unless you really love stories and legends? i've got a treasure trove of those, usually pretty entertaining but they won't feed anyone. used to use them to calm the litters back home." she whuffled a soft laugh, remembering the antics of her family back home. "so i can hunt for you, cure a few colds but i can't work any miracles. yet. i'm working real hard on miracles right now."

defend?

she'd never really defended anything before... her mother had never let her litters stretch their wings too much with the pack, just as hunters or babysitters- and they were to leave the 'important' stuff to the 'real wolves'. suffice to say, Sonder could fight... but she'd never really had anything worth fighting for before this.

"i can fight just as well as the next wolf, i don't think i would've made it this far if i couldn't. but defending a home? i have no experience in that. i've never defended anything i loved from danger. " 'because there wasn't anything to love.' she tagged on silently at the end. 

"but i understand that i would need to be loyal. a pack is a family afterall. or, it should be." she rolled her shoulders quickly, eyes quickly scoping around the area. "i'm not going to avail myself of your home and then scamper off. that's not the way any wolf should operate afterall."

if anything, that casual remark sounded like prior experience. sometimes, Sonder mused, it must be terrible to be an alpha- to put your trust in wolves you sometimes barely knew- only to have them throw it back in your face. it was despicable and while Sonder was not the friendliest of wolves -right now aside, because who was going to be sarcastic during the closest equivalent to a 'job interview'? even she knew doing that was a big no-no in the wolf world.

she left that statement untouched and she could have danced on the spot when the hestitant 'yes vote' was delivered by the albino beta. "of couse. no one gets anywhere without hard work after all. it'd be foolish of me to just expect something to be given to me."