Haunted Wood curious and curiouser

Almost before she turned, Atoll knew that she'd found one of her kin. "Ija," she breathed, tail lashing excitedly. Though she was not the true half-and-half that her Genu Isawea had been, or even possessing the one-quarter 'yote blood of her father, she still had the heart of her coywolf anscestors and delighted in any encounter she had with another of her kind.

Somehow, she didn't think Riptide counted.

"Hail, sister!" she said with a deep but playful bow. "We have the same blood, though it seems to run truer through your veins than mine. My father was a quarter coyote, and my mother a full wolf," Atoll explained, eyes still roving over the other female. "How can I bless you, friend?"