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Whether it was luck or she was actually starting to learn the lay of this land, Citali managed to find that stream. With a sigh, she seated herself near the water's edge and dipped a paw into the shallows. Her foot came up wet and she used it to dab at her neck. The crisp water was a nice feeling. Perhaps if she was bolder, she could also dab at her face to cool her off further and shake away the remnants of that nightmare.

The sudden pounding of footsteps distracted her. Alert now, her ears lifted and turned in the direction of the noise. She hardly had a moment to climb to her feet when a wolf barreled onto the scene and began frolicking through the once tranquil water. In his fury, he'd near to soaked her. Ugh! As if her evening wasn't terrible enough already without this new wolf's presence.

It spoke. "Oops!? Oops!? Is that all you have to say for yourself!?" she roared at him as she gathered her fur up about her in a glorious display of hackles. Tail raised. Posture firm and unyielding. There'd be no mistaking here that his behavior was utterly unacceptable. She growled at him. "What kind of wolf in their right mind would ruin this perfect night with such child's play!?" She bristled. It didn't help that the water in her coat caused her fur to stand on end like the quills of a porcupine.

At that moment, it dawned upon her that she hadn't the slightest idea who this wolf was. Prancing in the water like that, he'd erased whatever packscent he might have obtained and was a perfect stranger to her. Citali's growl deepened into the likes of a snarl as she widened her stance just a little more firmly. Damn it. This pack was not supposed to have intruders so soon. They'd only just been founded. "Who the hell are you?" she snarled, bearing teeth. "You have five seconds to explain yourself before I feed you to the fishes."