Blacktail Deer Plateau stardust

he finally feels his worries and doubts over this woman's state of mind slip away as she smiles, an expression that lights up her face, her eyes glittering. he returns the expression, nodding as she accepts his compliment, stumbling over the words a little but gracious nonetheless.

"i've seen wounds like that go wrong several times from infection," he remarked. "you did more than you've just admitted to me."

then she asks of his place in the pack, how he had come to be here, and it was the first real question she had asked in the conversation. progress. "i came in the middle of autumn," adi said. "i washed up on an island just off the coast and made my way to the mainland, where dawn and pema found me and brought me here."