Blackfoot Forest however little known the feelings or views of such a man

To her delight, the wolf that she followed didn't appear to notice her, and encouraged by this Mitanni continued to shadow him. She watched and paused as he stopped to inspect the ground, obviously searching for some scent in particular, but he didn't seem to find it and moved on. Picking up her pace, Mitanni lingered in the place where he had stopped and sniffed at the ground and the surrounding plants herself, but there wasn't much of interest here.

With her eyes trained on the wolf again, she resumed her quiet stalking and wondered if she was really doing so well at this or if he was only allowing it for whatever reason he thought he should. She watched him more closely, looking at his posture as he moved, and she had to assume that he knew she was there. She'd been following long enough for him to notice. Which begged the question: why did he let her follow?

Curious, emboldened by the previous meetings she'd had with other wolves who called this place home, she relaxed out of her cautious crouch and instead followed casually, her head tilting just a little to the side as she raised her voice and called to him, "Are you looking for something?"