Greatwater Lake a foolish villain

Surveying the outside of the pack lands wasn't a bad idea, he had thought to himself previously. It gave him the advantage of knowing just where to hide, just where to wait for an ambush in a war. Peregrine had said he didn't care much for interacting with other packs, but that didn't mean other packs wouldn't come to them. Rayder looked forward to the rush of adrenaline, should such an event take place. And he especially looked forward to making whoever thought they could best him regret it.

As he strolled about, eyes darting from left to right to take in the details of the terrain, he spotted a white figure drinking from the lake. Immediately freezing, for a second his heart clenched, tail up in preparation for a fight, thinking of his father. It was his mother that had given him the tan color of his pelt, while his father had made it lighter, and given him his blue eyes.

Realizing a few seconds later that it was absurd to assume that he had been followed all the way to the Plateau, and as he got closer -- subtly, quietly -- he realized how different the scent of the stranger was. Holding back a sigh of relief, Rayder's posture relaxed. Then, a grin started to cross his face. Oh, this should be fun.

"Well, well. Hello there." He called to the other male, who was roughly about the same size as him from what he could tell, maybe smaller. Walking, no probably more like strutting up, he stopped only a few feet. "Good thing it's spring, if it was still winter, I wouldn'ta noticed ya." His voice had the hint of a degrading tone, as if he was heavily implying with the words that the wolf wasn't worth anyone's time, that he was insignificant.

He didn't have to feign a more quiet, kinder personality, to a non-pack member. He could be as loud and as rude as he wanted. And he took pleasure in this, abusing it -- it had been a while since he'd found the opportunity to rile another up. "What brings you here?" A smirk still on his muzzle, Rayder took a few steps towards the water, dipping his head down and taking a drink himself, as he waited for the other to reply.