Arrow Lake [J] The Beginning of the End

His answer made her wonder. Since there was little on his outward appearance that suggested he was worn down by anything about being a loner, she suspected it may be different than just an empty belly or no real place to settle in. That unspoken drive for companionship that even the mightiest of beasts could bow their heads to had eventually led her to a pack as well, and oftentimes she wondered how different it could be if she had only quelled that need back then. She could have just as easily continued wandering into distant horizons but instead, she had opted to follow a friend.. and it had eventually led her here, so far removed from what it had once been that it was bittersweet.

When he spoke, she listened, and watched him gaze up towards the Spire. She studied the curvatures of his expression and looked for answers.. all the while, he seemed distinctly underlined by something holding him back. A strange sorrow? Uneasiness? Something else? Amekaze could not place it, but she let herself nod. "Perhaps," she answered readily. "If you are worthy of the mountain," she added more lightly with a smirk. But, her look was a pointed one and her stance just a little taller. He had only shown her bits of himself, and she was suspecting he was a wolf unafraid to show his dominance when needed. Here on this mountain, it was she who reigned. "Come. For a closer look," she gestured and spun on her heels, hoping he would follow as she glided into a trot.

Assuming he did, she would take him a little closer just to see how it would shape up from here. Maybe some motion might help soothe his nerves some. Or, alternatively, the mountain's presence may just make him all the more nervous. She would see, and kept an ear angled his way. Neither he would come, or back out now.