Stone Circle hi-diddly-ho, neighborino!

a woman appeared soon enough, carrying herself like an alpha. this must be the famous 'valette' everyone had mentioned here and there, and aditya dipped his head to her in respectful greeting. she was kind enough, not hostile in the least--though he knew that had at least something to do with his morningside affiliation.

"greetings. i wanted to introduce myself, now that morningside has moved over the mountains," he explained, face set in a faint smile. "my name is aditya. i'm dawn's mate. i joined the pack at the beginning of last fall."

he blinked gently at the she-wolf, eyes drifting to the scene behind her. he hadn't seen any other wolves; their rendezvous site was presumably far from here. "how are you all faring?" he asked, thinking of the tragedy that had befallen burr, and having some idea of the other recent losses easthollow had weathered, as well.