Neverwinter Forest pride wreaked havoc

Oh, crap, Wildfire thought. Why did she always do this? Dredge up difficult, lovelorn stories—typically from wolves she barely knew? She bit the inside of her cheek, though it didn't appear that Tez minded. In fact, he offered up the information quite easily, in perhaps two dozen words. There was no hint of strife on his face, despite his mention of (possibly) unrequited love and whatnot.

"Oh," she replied aloud, not sure what to say. Although Tez didn't seem to mind the subject matter, things had gotten very personal, very quickly. "Indeed," she said in lame agreement with his statement of, "Here we are." "Where did your search take you?" she wondered, genuinely curious about the world beyond Teekon Wilds and taking it for granted that he had left to look for her. "And what brought you back here?" Had he given up?