Blackfoot Forest part two

Concluding! I'll have them head for home so we can have a more up-to-date thread.

Shadow was turning out to be a wolf of few words. Bazi angled one ear back, casting her subordinate a mistrustful look when his face was turned away. Why the sudden succinctness? Did he have something to hide? It never crossed the Beta's mind that the forest might be making him uncomfortable - or that their awkwardly stumbling conversation at the start of the journey might have affected the way he was interacting with her now. Long into its history, Swiftcurrent wolves would thank their stars that Bazi Swift had not attempted to be come a counselor.

The sky was far from done emptying itself onto the plains. Bazi hesitated at the fringe of the forest, but decided to push on - idle chit-chat was not on the menu, and that rabbit was not getting any fresher.