Blackwater Islands got a river for a soul

She smiled. "For now." ​she wasn't usually one to be enigmatic, but she did get a certain pleasure from it in the right circumstances. Akantha didn't get the sense that Kalika was attempting to steer the conversation but, rather, confirm they had reached the natural end of the discourse. Instead of departing immediately she took a moment to reach over and drape her neck across Kalika's shoulders, embracing the younger woman in a rare show of honest affection. The age disparity between them did nothing to lessen the bond that Akantha was quickly forming towards the she-wolf—if anything, her maternal instincts only drove her to cement them further. 

To the warmth of Kalika's core she breathed a quiet thank you before drawing away and departing into the nearby treeline.