Neverwinter Forest and his throat burns from the screaming

wintersbane gives a slight wrinkle of his muzzle as the girl spits a wad of his sap covered fur to the ground, accumulated from her grooming. he feels the sudden desire to apologize but she chose to groom him of as much sap as she could of her own free will and wintersbane is vain enough to enjoy the free grooming even if it did come from a stranger. "thank you." he offers her in gratitude. her questions takes the tundrian aback. her words are saturated with her embarrassment at the question as a whole and not just her admittance of being lonely; and he does not doubt that she means as just company and nothing else.

wintersbane has no place to be and after the kindness she bestowed upon him staying the night with her as company is the least he can do. "i will stay the night with you." he tells her with a soft smile. "i know wandering on one's own can get lonely." but wintersbane'd been wandering for most of his life and he'd gotten used to being on his own. he's had his fair share of companions along the way but he's never stuck with any of them for too long.