Shadewood To Spite it All, Despite it All.

Phex nodded, steeled by his certainty on the subject of her packmates. She too would go to look for them soon whilst on her recruitment trip. She knew she shouldn't talk of who dwelled in the woods; she'd keep a tighter lip on everything whilst meeting with strangers. But his warning caught the youth off-guard.
Who was there to be afraid of?

She gave him a grin, "I can look after myself Cry, I promise to be safe whilst I'm wandering." Her tail waved softly to make her point, a laugh pouring from her at his description of Gwen hunting. "I'm sure the lady is more dignified than a mound, Cry."  Her eyes sparkled with the joy of company, of having her pack returning to the woods. 

She paused, casting a glance around the skeletal foliage about them, "I will recruit who I can, I'll be sure to find the bravest for these woods!" Her tail wavered faster, unable to damper her joyous personality.
Not that she'd need to anyway.