Wapun Meadow Ease my Mind

Bazi's nostrils flared. She was stressed, and it manifested itself plainly upon her face This wolf was alone and committing no crime, but whatever Bazi chose to do - engage her in conversation or depart - she risked punishment from Fox. Even outright aggression, the least desirable choice, might land her in trouble - the alpha had spoken of 'tension', but Bazi's solution to tension was to diffuse it, not fan the flames.

"I'm scouting," she told Xi'nuata, ears twitching nervously. "Alone, too." A long pause followed. "If I don't tell you that you're very close to Swiftcurrent Creek, and advice you to leave - or at least tread cautiously - I think that I might risk my place in the pack. But you are alone, and you like flowers..." the yearling trailed off, chewing hard on her next sentence to soften it. "You do just like flowers, don't you?"