Redhawk Caldera shout! for my love

They fell into companionable silence as they began to trundle along the outskirts. It was really a shame that Elwood couldn't read Towhee's thoughts -- he would have enjoyed hearing her musings about trying to kill an unwelcome entity. But he kept his eyes and ears focused on their surroundings, just in case they did come across another wolf of unknown origin.

He almost missed Towhee's question, since he was looking all around and not necessarily at her, but a change in her stride alerted him to the fact that she was signing. He paused in his step and caught the tail end of her question, then pieced together that she was asking about the similarities between two trades. Since he was not as skilled in sign language, he came to a complete halt in order to answer her with his fumbling motions.

"A warrior is someone who fights. But a guardian's job is to protect the pack -- and that can be by fighting or simply patrolling the borders, like we're doing right now," he said, his gestures matching his words as best he could. He probably managed to sign something along the lines of, -Warrior fights. Guardian protects family and walks the borders.-