Phoenix Maplewood Anyone Home?

Brynn smiled at Howl's bad girl comment. She didn't even know how to be bad. Mostly, she tried to do what was right. "No bad girl tendencies here," Brynn replied, smiling before adding, "Just trying to get by and not cause trouble."

She considered his comment about scouting and asked, "Scouting is like wandering with a purpose?" Brynn had never heard the word 'scouting' before. She had never really had much of a purpose other than surviving but thought it might be nice to have other purposes in life.

When Howl asked what started her wandering, the smile left her face and she looked down. Her past was not something she really liked to talk much about. In fact, she hadn't really had a reason to talk about it for a long time. This thought reminded her of how lonely her life had been recently. She looked back up at Howl and replied, "My wandering...started out of necessity and then became my only way of life. Brynn paused thinking about the painful events that lead her to be completely on her own as just a young yearling, then continued, "I grew up in a small pack a long long way from here. Some lone wolves killed pretty much all of my family, and I barely escaped. Since then, I have been completely on my own...just trying to survive. I guess now it just comes as second nature to be constantly moving." She hoped that by sharing this painful piece of her past, she could begin to change her lone wolf ways and maybe even make some friends. Swallowing the lump in her throat, she searched for a way to change the subject and asked, "Your pack moved around a lot when you were young? what was that like?"