Blacktail Deer Plateau i just cannot even

Legitimate question - it did seem a bit daft to stray so far from home (Bazi would soon restrict herself to the east, but for more ominous reasons than 'can't be arsed'). "Yeah. It's far - I know; I'm used to fifty packs crowding each other - old habits die hard," she explained smilingly, "Food was harder to come by."

Those old habits weren't particularly old at all - they were things she had been taught, hardly had time to practice, and would soon give up in favour of a more stay-at-home attitude. Teekon Wilds packs were aggressive, and what they called borders were actually the innermost wall of several - all guarded. Truth be told, she was just plain curious, and one day that would get her killed.

Osprey - or Yerpso - refused her request for information, with good reason. Bazi felt awkward now - like a child playing pretend at diplomacy (which she was). This wolf was civil and kind, but there was no natural reason for them to fraternize - certainly not at pack-land borders. "I should go back," she said, out of conversation and suddenly nervous in the shadow of the plateau. Fox hadn't sent her, after all, and her visit might be misconstrued by whoever was watching from higher ground.