Stone Circle Wheres my sparing buddy?

Instead of finding his former sparing partner he was called out by a female with a silver shaded coat. She was rather blunt. She had greeted him somewhat, but it seemed like more of a get your attention 'Hey' then a hello. She also seemed to have something on her mind as she wasted no time asking Howl a rather out of the blue question. 

Even though this female may be been a bit ill mannored, Howl didn't take it personally, in fact it made him smile a bit at just how quick and blunt she was. "I'd like to think so yes." he said with a smile and slight laugh. Wanting to know what this unique individual was Howl introduced himself first saying, "My names Howl. I'm rather new." be for asking. "And you would be?" he asked in a polite voice.