Sheepeater Cliff Put down your sword and crown

The words were a surprise to the boy, as he had not heard a voice in some time. It would be a few days before he rediscovered his own; but for now, the sound was enough to abate his desire to attack and sway him in to lingering. His head tilted to the right, ears up and listening, and he visibly calmed. The spiking of his fur lessened and he even gave a brave step towards the stranger, reaching with his snout to sniff at the air between them - and there was much to glean from those layered scents. This stranger may be alone now, but he wasn't always. Alert to this, Tryphon turned away from the other wolf in order to survey the surroundings, wondering wordlessly if he was being set up for an ambush - though it seemed unlikely.