Thunder Dome don't blame me

Trying to be vague re: NSV since that thread with Chusi will probably be slow.

He braved another step, inching tentatively closer to the pale wolfess. When she did not shy away from his approach, Talion broadened his careful stride until she was mere feet from him, when he paused and mustered a small smile to accompany the gentle wagging of his feathery platinum tail.

His frosty gaze followed her own, glancing out over her shoulder at the vast territory that lay before them. "Not really," he shook his head, " the leader was young, ages with us perhaps." The pewter girl still held clear signs of youth: long-legged, tufted fur and a certain brightness in her fiery eyes. "A dark-furred female. I met her within the mountains beyond the vale, on the other side."

His expression softens as he looks her way again, hinting at a silent apology for being unable to provide the information she requested. Truthfully, he'd been unable to overlook his anxiety in the presence of the yearling Alphess in the bright cavern that day, and Talion only took from her what he wished to hear. "What is your name? I am Talion."