Bitterroot Valley watching as i fall

He wasn't sure if her words soothed or disappointed him further. Perhaps if he had truly disrupted her he could have slipped away in silence. Instead, she asked him another question. Aleks was used to being in the spotlight but that didn't mean he enjoyed it. Especially not after his departure from The Frozen Territories.

Aleks. He said with a small dip of his muzzle that would likely go unnoticed. Who are you? His rough tones dared to ask as orange eyes inspected her. If she wasn't Katyenka then who was she? Not that he deeply cared - for he doubted he'd run into her again - but curiosity gripped at him at this moment.