The Sunspire wind in the wilderness

<333333 x a lot yknow, hope all is well for ya (i've been writing that it's been quiet around here anyway, esp w/ the pack small and just that she hasn't seen much of jace myself -- we can roll with whatever really!)

She concentrated on the skies. The winds gusted and reeked of storm. They ruffled her fur, sometimes rather viciously, but she remained where the sights were clear. This would not be enough to drive her to cover.. not yet, anyway, and in a way, she liked this --the energy of nature gathering for something mighty. She hoped it would be something worth seeing.

Thanks to these winds, she managed to scent him first. Hearing him came soon after, and only once she knew he was in full view did she look away from the skies. For him, she turned to face him, feeling a bit stormy herself.

He had been scarce, it seemed. Withdrawn, she'd noticed, and worsening after Vienna's leave. Not that she was much different in her perpetually distracted way of going through her motions, trying to do so much with little and feeling the wear of the solitude. Anyway, this wasn't far from his normal, of course.. but she lingered on the causes, the effects, and otherwise, then rumbled a low greeting for him.

Torn, because she was glad to see him, she was also somber. It kept her regarding him neutrally, perhaps coolly, but her eyes were bright and eager to take him in. All the while, she felt wholly conflicted in how to proceed and considered it quickly. He had been suffering, somehow, and she knew it. She had guessed his solitude had been as a result. But.. she could not know how to help him with this (short of literally beating it out of him?), and there was always the fleeting, distant chance that eventually he'd fade away too -- leave the mountain, or vanish otherwise, like several had done recently already.

She arced her tail and distant thunder pulled her ears that way, then her sights followed for a glance. Jace was the only one to answer her call in any way, and she hoped it reached the appropriate ears down the slopes. At least with the pack small, she had fewer to concern herself with. But, and with a renewed stare at Jace, she knew it wasn't going to be simple.