Altar of Twilight I am bouncing off these walls

While Hydra took it upon herself to guard their borders, Alya spent much of her time scouting out the territories surrounding Moonspear. She liked to know who was coming and going, and sometimes made up stories to go with the scenes and scents she came across. Sometimes, she pretended she had her own mountain, and that the scents around her were those of her loyal subjects. Hydra and Lyra reigned beside her, of course.

It was during one such game that she came across Ben, and though her self-centeredness did often seem to verge on delusional, she made sure to shrug off her imaginary titles before going to greet the stranger.

"Hello," she called out, voice cheerful and body language open and friendly as she moved toward the pale stranger.