Noctisardor Bypass It's been a long day without you, my friend

Part of Saena agreed with Wildfire's next statement. She probably should go. The north was no place for a southern wolf to be and the alpha female still wasn't quite sure she was comfortable with any Redhawk wolf, even Wildfire, being anywhere north of the mountains. On the other hand, Reek had had nothing bad to say about the juvenile and he probably wouldn't have minded her presence here. Besides, with no claim over the land, Saena could hardly show territoriality. She'd made enough of an ass of herself once already. She wasn't keen on doing it again.

Talking it was. While she wasn't really sure that she wanted to know anything about Wildfire and her presumably perfect family, Saena obliged, having nothing else to do with her time. The white-furred bitch seated herself neatly, indicating she had no intention of going anywhere, and began. "I was born in Blacktail Deer Plateau but never knew my real parents. My real mom died of childbirth and my real dad was around but didn't contribute. In fact I only knew he was my dad because he said it before dramatically disappearing into the sunset." A bit of an exaggeration, Saena admitted, but almost true to what had happened. "Your dad adopted me and my brother." Ah, yeah, that. "I only have a brother, biologically. Junior and Tytonidae are my adoptive siblings. His name's Pura. I don't know where he is now." She missed him, but if she knew the sort of wolf he'd become, she'd sooner put him down than reunite with him.

"I'm a gamekeeper. My primary trade," she elaborated. "Also an outrider and a warden. I was formerly a naturalist but I've since lost interest." And what were Saena's interests? She didn't have very many. She led a rather monotonous life patrolling the borders and padding the caches. A good alpha, but a boring one. The thought would depress her if only it occurred to her. "I have a mate, Reek. I think you met him once or twice."

And that was pretty much it. She shrugged as if to say, "sorry I'm not more exciting". Maybe to Wildfire, one of those things would be interesting, but to Saena they were all just ordinary life. The way of things. "What about you?"