blix is still tightly strung about bat's disappearance, still holding out hope that furi will reappear into her life, still unsure about how to do this leading-thing. but it is nigh instinctive for her to respond to calls at the borders. she recognizes sequoia's voice with some curiousity, wondering what the kiddo is up to -- though she doesn't have to wonder for long. as she arrives her eyes narrow, suspiciously sweeping over the dark male beside her cousin. 

"sequoia," she asks, not taking her eyes off of the stranger, "who is this?" was she wandering outside the territory? not that blix has any concern over that beyond being tense about kids going missing. no, she's just having a flashback to the last time someone showed up with an outsider, and look at how that had gone. (sometimes she still thinks about arrille and how nice it would be to tear his throat out). furi is not here to be her conscience but she does not grow enpassioned yet. she can wait and see.

sequoia's enthusiasm dampens the last of blixen's ire, though she is still not pleased about the whole affair. she's too little to know who to trust (though, she supposes, that this buckshot accompanied her back with seemingly no ill designs is something). part of her wants to complain drageda doesn't recruit! only, hell, that's never been true exactly, and she and helix had just spoken on the value of doing exactly that.

outloud she says, "buckshot," turning her attention to him as he speaks. her eyes have not left him except briefly when her cousin spoke -- if nothing else he looks appropriately submissive. "alright," blix says, "i have two questions -- one, what has sequoia told you about us? and drageda? and two -- what do you have to offer us?"

as he speaks, blixen's eyes take on a decidedly more intrigued glint. she gives him another once-over, as if to ascertain his fighting abilities from his body language, the curve of his muscles under fur. he's certainly big enough, she thinks, though of course size isn't everything. a grin curves her mouth. "drageda," blix begins, voice important, "is home to the teekons strongest warriors, our gona."

more cheerfully (talking about drageda always puts her in a good mood) she continues on: "we require loyalty to drageda and to our heda. right now she's with one of our other packs, fighting a war. i'm our acting commander, blixen." normally she'd obscure nomi's absence, but she wants to impress upon buckshot their power -- and 'our heda is off helping in a war nbd' is the sort of thing she takes pride in. "if you think you can hold your own with us, i'll give you the chance to prove yourself," blix says, decisive. she still has misgivings -- arrille still a wound -- but, well, they need warriors, and buckshot at least seems like he's trying. for now, she'll accept it.