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In her silence, Inkenoah tried to control her breathing, slowing each inhale and exhale. She felt her heart beat racing and tried to slow that, too, though she had far less control over that. The phoenix very soon gave in, instead trying to ignore the anxious pounding of her heart and focus on the pretty woman before her. She did allow herself to take in her details, and to remember the name she had given her. What was it again? Pah-? Pite? Puh... Pied. Her name was Pied. Inkenoah squinted for less than half a second, as if taking a mental photograph of the woman and sticking it in her brain next to the name. Pied.

"It's alright," She answered quickly, supplementing her response with a nervous chime-like laugh. "D-Don't apologize. Its my fault." Inkenoah mumbled, glancing away. She failed to elaborate, in fact, prefering not to - then why did she just say it? The golden girl winced inwardly at herself. She had to orient herself away from her packmate, weary that her shifting expressions would possibly rouse some kind of suspicion or make her look weird. Actually, Inkenoah was probably just making it worse. She sucked in a long breath, relieved when Pied spoke again. "Actually I - yes, I was just taking a walk." She nodded, looking back at the Gamma. "Oh, please, yes. I'd like to know more about Horizon Ridge and its wolves."

Okay, so it felt like a small weight had been lifted from her chest upon revealing her inner whims. Hopefully Pied would humor her by helping her out - and even more hopefully she wouldn't think of her as being weird or anything by it. Oh god, she just hoped these wolves were nice. Far too many strangers she had met held little regard for her, little care. Some of them even hungered for her blood. All she wanted was friends.

Actually, what she truly wanted was to be back home, with her family. Her father and her sisters. But she couldn't have that, so she had to settle for less. Inkenoah held her breath, shifting slightly as though preparing to begin their walk.