Morningside Cuesta when you talk to the sun

The voice catches her off guard and she jumps in surprise. She’s able to soothe herself quickly when she realizes it is familiar and she turns to see the smaller female questioning her. Adeline licks her lips before answering, uncertain what to make of all of it. Akuti is mostly a mystery to her—she’d been in Easthollow briefly but not long enough for her to get to know her—and now she tags along with Grayday. The thought alone causes acid to wash the back of her mouth and she swallows the lodged lump to try and suppress the unfamiliar feeling.

“I’m always up early,” she says. She’d learned in her days on her own, before now, that she needed to be careful and the less she slept unprotected, the safer she will be. It never quite faded when she returned home and now, on her own with these other strange wolves, it’s more obvious than not to be careful. “But, I was going to catch something to eat.”