Otatso Wetlands What a wonderful world

Golden eyes watched as the wolf rounded his rest, her words passed over him as he lingered for a moment. Effortlessly he forced himself to stand he was damp, hungry, and mostly exhausted, having no desire to challenge anyone he kept his head down just enough to indicate respect, but not so much to give an air of total submission.
He inspected the female, he hadn't come across a lot of her kind in his time and was mildly fascinated despite the warning.
"Claimed? By you?." Even with his decidedly submissive approach the teasing mockery was evident in his tone.
"Wherever, sounds like a great place. Is it filled with dank swamps as well?" frustrated at having just ventured through this murk, he certainly wasn't about to head straight back into more of it, even if the alternative was trying to brave claimed lands.
Though with an improved mood he might rethink that idea.