Chakra listened and learned, knowing that the information she was receiving was probably biased, but also realizing there was much to be gained from it as well. "The fact that I had not met a Ridge wolf until today speaks volumes of your Alpha's integrity and control over his members," Chakra commented after Jinx had spoken. It was not uncommon to cross paths with wolves of other packs whilst traversing through neutral lands; perhaps it was simply good luck on her part, but she had not yet met a single wolf from Horizon Ridge. This suggested that Akhlut kept a tight rein on his subordinates, and that earned him a modicum of respect in Chakra's opinion.

Jinx indicated that they had arrived at her old densite, and Chakra waited while the taller she-wolf went to retrieve her belongings. She thought it odd that a wolf should care so much for such trivial things, but she said nothing. To each his own, for all had their quirks and oddities. Jinx was only a moment, returning quickly with dried and withered ferns clutched gingerly in her teeth. As they turned and headed back in the direction from which they had come, Jinx went on to mention the Alpha of another pack. "Voices in her head," Chakra remarked, simultaneously amused and creeped out at the thought. "How odd. I hope they tell her to stay away." There was a comical edge to her voice as she said it, and she couldn't hide the half-grin that played on her face. If she had only known the irony of it all, though — the fact that, in the very near future, the very wolf of whom they spoke would pick a fight with two of her packmates on her own lands — she wouldn't have been grinning at all.

A moment of silence settled over them, but Chakra did not feel it awkward. A thought did occur to her, however, and after brief contemplation, she gave voice to it, "Why do you tell me all of this?" She glanced at Jinx, grinning slightly at the wolf with dead twigs and ferns sticking out of her mouth. "I am grateful for all you share with me, but…technically we are rivals, and yet still you give me useful information about your own Alpha that I might have otherwise had to learn through a spy. Why?" It was not voiced in a criticizing way, nor in a way to make Jinx feel foolish or question her wisdom for speaking of such things with Chakra. Rather, it was asked in a way that betrayed how truly ignorant she was in the ways of politics. It told more of her upbringing than she could have said with words. Where she was born, those who were not of her pack were enemies. She had been brought up in a world of black and white, only to end up here, in a world of greys. She genuinely could not understand why a wolf who owed no allegiance to her would have a desire to be helpful to her in any way.

Chakra nodded as Jinx spoke, the other's words slightly skewed in some places due to the dry, prickly foliage in her maw. She again found herself impressed by how well-spoken the Horizon wolf was; she possessed a tongue of richest silver, and were Chakra a wolf interested in politics and diplomacy, she might have been tempted to make Jinx an offer on Neverwinter's behalf that she'd be hard-pressed to refuse. As it was, though, she had no motivation to ally herself with any but her own. Brute force and clear thinking would serve her better, in this case, than smooth talking.

"Mm, 'Spider Queen'," she commented, enunciating the words with sharp clarity, as if to taste them each individually. "I rather like that." Perhaps only one as reclusive and enigmatic as Chakra could appreciate the subtle implications of such a title. "And I would be most appreciative of your spreading the word of our dominion here. I would not wish to wage war upon a pack from whom such enjoyable company hails." It was fitting that a Spider Queen make both threat and compliment in the same sentence, and flash a kind smile while doing so. Gradually, as they wended their way through the labyrinthine forest, the trees began to thin and the distances between their trunks slowly began to widen. They were nearing the boundaries. "I have enjoyed meeting you, Jinx Kesuk. Should you need to visit our forest again, you need but howl for me and I will be glad to accompany you."