She’d been enjoying being back with her lover so much that she’d very nearly forgotten about kind of wanting to check out the area locals. There were a lot of different scents around, but quite a few of what she had been smelling seemed to not remain in one place for very long; a day or two at most. It was leaving her to wonder if there even were local packs around. Heck, even in the twilight hours, she hadn’t heard much howling from others except for a stray howl here and there. Or maybe she had been just so wrapped up in her nightly trysts with her lover that no other sounds had reached her ears.

Wandering away from the place that her and Turq had been spending their nights together, Rivet wasn’t sure which direction to go or whatever. Since she didn’t know much at all about the area, she just picked a random direction and headed off. Her nose was in constant motion as she sought to find scents that seemed more permanent and not just passing through. Thus far, though, she was coming up without finding any. Eventually, the lake was decently behind her and she found herself surrounded by trees. The more she walked, the further into the Forest she traveled.

She’d been so wrapped up with thoughts of her own that she had no idea that there was someone else around until he spoke. The young woman visibly startled for a moment but quickly recovered, giving her tail a slight twitch before letting it fall against her hocks. She studied him for a few moments, not saying anything in return to his greeting. She truly hoped that he was not trying to flirt with her by way of his greeting because she was definitely not interested in him, or any other male. This was, of course, her own thoughts running away with her.

“Uh, hello,” she finally greeted in return. She hadn’t scented any long term, in place scents marking borders but it could be possible that she’d been so wrapped up in her thoughts that she hadn’t paid as much attention as she should have been. “I’m not trespassing, am I?” A tilt of her head and glance over her shoulder was given. She hadn’t realized she’d traveled so far into the trees. Rivet hoped she’d be able to find her way out and back to where her and her lover had been staying.

“Oh…” It was good to know that she wasn’t trespassing where she shouldn’t be. Sometimes getting wrapped up in her own thoughts wasn’t all that great of a thing, especially if it were to end up landing her in trouble or some such nonsense. Although her thoughts were interesting, to her anyway, she really was supposed to be on a mission and probably should pay attention to where she was going as well as her surroundings.

Her focus returned to the male once she accepted that she wasn’t trespassing. “Not really lost, honestly,” she began to answer. “I’m not from around here, and just trying to see what I can find out about the locals, including packs, for my companion and I.”

His appearance was truly of little interest to her. She had no interest in males in general, though it wasn’t something she ran around telling the world about because she did know that there were some who frowned upon same gender couplings. She knew that from experience, but luckily not from within her own family. It just wasn’t something she talked about openly unless it was brought up, or others actually saw her with her lover.

“Oh… Neither have I,” she replied, giving a faint sigh as she spoke. If he would have asked why she was not with her companion now, she would simply have answered that they were each scoping things out in different directions to see what they could find. She wouldn’t speak of the spat that they’d had, the lover’s quarrel, because it wasn’t the business of anyone else.

Her ears perked forward as he spoke of a rumor he’d heard. “Did those rumors happen to mention the name of whoever it is possibly forming a pack south from here?” she asked, giving a slight tilt of her head. She was interested…

It was difficult to decide if she was going to bother talking to her companion about the supposed rumor of a maybe pack forming in the south. It would help if she knew more, but since the darkly colored male didn’t seem to have much information to share, she would likely end up dismissing it from her thoughts, not even bothering to speak of it to her lover. What would be the point, after all?

“Alrighty then,” she finally responded after having remained silent for a few moments, mulling over what little information he had given her, which was clearly not much at all. “I’m Rivet, by the way. Rivet DeMonte,” she introduced herself, giving a slight shrug as she did so. Although it was probably unlikely that she’d ever see this male again once they parted company, she wanted to be polite.