Neverwinter Forest Thank God it's Friday, Again

he shrugged, keeping his gaze still neutral. "just scouting, until i smelled the deer," he responded amicably enough. he gave the stranger another look-over, checking for any signs of distress: wounds, scent of illness, and the like. you just never knew.

"are you alone?" the question slipped out of his mouth even as he inhaled the other's scent. he was alone, had been for some time, but aditya had no way of knowing if this truly was a vagrant he was dealing with, or a pack wolf on an extended scouting trip.

he dropped his nose to the ground, picking back up the deer-scent. it was close, closer than he had anticipated. he could risk taking it down himself, but he did not want to steal a kill from this fellow, hungry as he was. his ear twitched in resignation. "i have companions just outside the forest that need to eat to keep their strength up," aditya said. "shall we hunt and divvy up the carcass?"