Neverwinter Forest a distant land caused me to linger

You, of course, and Hydra thrilled at this—he had appropriately fed her ego, and Hydra was quite pleased by this. It was not too difficult to appease Hydra, but it was difficult to impress her. He was on his way; he was as direct as she, and in finding so very few like this in her lifetime (short though it was) Hydra was more than content to be in his presence. His smile caused the rogue to look all the more handsome—he was wild, unkempt, and Hydra wondered if he was as strong as he appeared.

She admired his profile as he turned to look around them, sharp and savage. Perhaps one of the most disarming things about Hydra was how soft she could look in contrast to how hard she was. The inky daughters of Charon and Amekaze had proven themselves to each be more than a pretty face, but strangers in the wilds were none-the-wiser to this. Of course, this did not account for what he had already noted—her quick wit and intelligence. It added a certain sort of severity to her that she never bothered to hide unless her intentions were to conceal, but she had no such designs as this here and now.

Indeed, Hydra observed the obvious, and supplied him with the information he knew: pickings are growing slimmer in these wilds. The herds have begun their migrations, Hydra shifted her weight. As he did not waste her time, she did not waste his. That being said, it was clear by her own healthy physique that pack-wolves were unaffected by their absence from these territories. They had plenty of food on their own. You look as though you need more than a rabbit or two to satisfy your hunger, and it was not because he was slim. The opposite. Were he slim, perhaps he might be able to get away with just that and be content to be on his own for a while longer yet.

As for his next observation, her eyes flashed and she found herself grinning. She need not ask how he might even think this. No wolf in their right mind would forage for tree bark. She scoffed nonetheless, I might have found something, just as you may have in your tree, but she shook her head with a grin. I was foraging for your intentions. I wanted to see why it was you followed, and with her own mission accomplished, Hydra went on to say: but if you mean to ask why I have come to this forest from my packlands, it is because I have offered our neighboring pack assistance in dispatching a mutual enemy of ours. He has been around these parts before—I like to make sure he has not come around a second time, Hydra wondered what he might make of this and of her both, now that he knew what had driven her to her own actions.