Blacktail Deer Plateau cold

aditya hummed low under his breath, a single tuneless note as he thought. gray with blue eyes. he racked his brain, trying to think of who it could be. queenie, perhaps? but no, she wasn't gray. . .

he shook it off for now, vowing to come back to the puzzle later. whoever had told her about morningside had given her accurate information, but this woman seemed harmless enough. you could usually tell the nefarious ones from the innocent, and she seemed firmly in the latter camp.

"you can stay," adi finally said, head dipped in a small bow of acceptance before tilting his nose toward the territory. "just keep in mind. . .we all pull our own weight here. and we're family. we look out for each other, over everything else."

he hoped he wasn't making a mistake. grayday would have his hide if he'd recruited a lazybones. . .or worse, a traitor. only time would tell.

he took a step back, allowing her to step over the line. "welcome to morningside," aditya said, a smile coming to his muzzle once more.

 

*waves*