walkaway joe

I have a hard time writing in active voice but I kind of want to try it someday, I feel it'd be easier to focus on the character's current actions rather than their thoughts. >_> Personally I don't mind at all if you do it! I know some people don't like reading it though, although I'm not too sure why that is! I think it reads beautifully.

Saena laughed, a deep in-your-belly laugh. If it was possible, she would've taken a pine brush tail over no tail, even if it meant using sensitive bits as a holder for her "tail", but it was too ludicrous to even imagine. She had almost conjured up something to say in response, almost certainly something hopefully-witty-but-actually-just-really-awkward, but Juniper saved her from embarrassing herself when she explained her own situation.

She wanted to ask what made Juniper leave her home pack in the first place. She wanted to ask how loner life was overwhelming, or more specifically, if there was something making it overwhelming. Having been a pack wolf for about 99% of her life, Saena had no idea herself how stressful it could be and she was genuinely curious. Yet she sensed from Juniper's anxious tone and her closing admission that it probably wasn't something to talk about yet, and so the alpha tried to focus on something else.

Of course, since she immensely enjoyed this female's company and wasn't likely to turn her away even if she had no skills whatsoever (they sort of needed her as much as Juniper needed the maplewood pack), she didn't say anything business-like yet. Instead, she raised a brow, failing to look suave at all when her ear twitched three times against an irritating itch, and asked, "d'you like sugary sap?"